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In the long run, it is highly likely that you will either be an ancestor of every single human, or none of them. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19331938 ht
by tubelite 14y ago
In the long run, it is highly likely that you will either be an ancestor of every single human, or none of them. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19331938 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19331938) You don't need to give every single one of your descendants a gift. Give 2-5 gifts a year, randomized after filtering out undesirables using a naughty/nice algorithm.
Assuming total population remains roughly the same, if enough people did this, it would actually work. Most kids would get gifts from grand^n Santa.
- rijoja 14y agoNice idea and an interesting article. If the goal is to be remembered for as long as possible giving more presents is obviously better. After 9 generations only a small part But some might feel that a enormous list of children with ratings of their behavior would be questionable.