This reminds me a bit of Larry Niven's idea of breeding for psychic luck in his Known Space stories, in which Birthright lotteries are held which gave the winne

This reminds me a bit of Larry Niven's idea of breeding for psychic luck in his Known Space stories, in which Birthright lotteries are held which gave the winners the chance to have children. So, if wealth is indeed due to luck, one could make the whimsical case for luck being heritable. And indeed, it seems that the world's wealthiest tend to have more children, on average, according to this article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fascinating-things-top-billionaires-common-110000424.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fascinating-things-top-billio...