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Not what I meant. Back then you were either rich and had these golden opportunities, or you were like 99.999999% of humanity and had no chance at exceptionalis
by Scubabear68 4y ago
Not what I meant. Back then you were either rich and had these golden opportunities, or you were like 99.999999% of humanity and had no chance at exceptionalism they would be noticed.
With the Internet and modern connectedness, things are very different.
- barry-cotter 4y ago> or you were like 99.999999% of humanity and had no chance at exceptionalism they would be noticed. I see where you’re coming from but those numbers are way off. Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt weren’t the children of peasants but neither were they nobles. They were relatively privileged but well over 1% of the population were as well off. Notary’s or miller’s son in a pre industrial society is bourgeois not one in less than a million.