Hmmm. Although I really like your analysis, I'm going to quibble about one thing.
I don't think saying "All true wealth is biological" is actually very close at all to "biology is destiny." I would say that it is a related but ultimately orthogonal sentiment: that of value expressed as both your genetic (destined, or somewhat) and non-genetic (what you've done with your life) heritage passed on in other living beings. The sentiment, to me, expresses that you can have monetary wealth, wealth in political clout, wealth in lots of tangible ways-- but that's not important in the long run. Miles and Mark (and Elena and Simon and...) are Aral's true wealth. He might equally have said, "All true wealth is sentient," which to me is the point here, but that just doesn't sound as good, does it?
That said, I do think you're spot on with her overall message about destiny in the personal and contextual.
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I don't think saying "All true wealth is biological" is actually very close at all to "biology is destiny." I would say that it is a related but ultimately orthogonal sentiment: that of value expressed as both your genetic (destined, or somewhat) and non-genetic (what you've done with your life) heritage passed on in other living beings. The sentiment, to me, expresses that you can have monetary wealth, wealth in political clout, wealth in lots of tangible ways-- but that's not important in the long run. Miles and Mark (and Elena and Simon and...) are Aral's true wealth. He might equally have said, "All true wealth is sentient," which to me is the point here, but that just doesn't sound as good, does it?
That said, I do think you're spot on with her overall message about destiny in the personal and contextual.