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But it's possible for more people than they realize.

#16 | POSTED BY EBERLY

It's always been a stupid saying and only lazy people use it if you ask me.

Should we do the odds?

First you need to agree with that to be a millionaire you now need 3 million dollars.
Second you need to understand that:
28% are legacy wealth.
46% got a head start.
27% are self-made.

(According to the Motley fool: www.fool.com )

So 27% are self made. Now consider how many humans (there are 8 billion on earth) have to work their fingers to the bone their entire lives. Working very hard just to survive. Much less build wealth.

Now figure your odds of being one of the "hard workers" that become a millionaire. . It's not always about "working hard" my friend.

Very cool story Corky. We are learning more and more about where we came from. And how we got here. (And so where we might be headed) What people often forget or just don't realize is that humans were hunter gatherers for about 200,000 years. And not much changed during that time. But at about the same time geologically speaking about 11,000 years ago humans started becoming sedentary and started taming the land and animals in several different areas around the world. It took another 5-6000 years before agriculture became advanced enough for cities to begin to form.

Gobekli Tepe Is a wonderful example of that transition period and is located within the Fertile Crescent which is also known as the cradle of civilization. And to get good with agriculture you need some advances in agricultural technology and to understand the seasons. And be able to mark and track time and understand how and when things grow.

But there are other "cradles" that evolved independently located around the world. One is in China on the Yangtze and Yellow river basin. (9000 years ago) Another was in New Guinea (9000 years ago). Another in the pacific islands.

The Americas wanted to stay in the "garden" much longer and were a slower to catch on to agriculture at about 4500 years ago (South America) North America about 3000-4000 years ago.

We are currently in another transition period called the modern age which is only a few hundred years old. So far. It will be interesting to see where we will go from here. Unfortunately it's not looking too promising for humans though as now our population is growing like an out of control bacterial infection on the planet.

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