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Most humans ever born, are still alive today. Our population growth over the past centuries dwarf populations of the prior centuries. That means, more people t
by gibolt 5y ago
Most humans ever born, are still alive today. Our population growth over the past centuries dwarf populations of the prior centuries.
That means, more people than ever working on more problems, with more tools, background knowledge, resources, distinct goals, and collaboration.
- sicromoft 5y ago> Most humans ever born, are still alive today This is not even close to being true
- smhenderson 5y agoIt's not, but I can see how it seems that way - I found this with a two second search: The world population increased from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.7 billion today. I'm not going to do the math but there's something to be said about how many we are today vs. even 200 years ago. But, no, the majority of humans ever born are not, in fact, still alive today... https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth
- sophacles 5y agoMost humans ever born, are still alive today. Our population growth over the past centuries dwarf populations of the prior centuries. Please explain how you get to this conclusion. It makes no sense.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoI think OP is saying that if you add up all the humans that have died in the past 10,000 years or so (modern humans), then that number is smaller than today’s global population.
- vo2maxer 5y agoThat’s not the case given the estimate of 107 billion people who have ever lived: https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-on-earth/ https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived...
- BurningFrog 5y agoFrom memory, the actual number is 6%.