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Something weird to think about is that it's literally impossible to fully know about every human on earth. 8 billion seconds is 253 years. Even staying 24/7 wit

Something weird to think about is that it's literally impossible to fully know about every human on earth. 8 billion seconds is 253 years. Even staying 24/7 with a rapid information stream on every single person would only get through less than half in a person's lifetime.

paxys 3y ago
I'd say it would be impossible to fully know about every human on earth even if there were like 10,000 people total. The human brain has a certain capacity for maintaining relations, and once you cross the size of a small community/village it's basically all the same. Are you really any more isolated from 8 billion people than you were from 7 billion?
jjulius 3y ago
Weird? I dunno, I kinda think that's pretty neat.
- kulahan 3y ago
  Weird and neat are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I'd argue they often go hand-in-hand.
  - jjulius 3y ago
    Absolutely true, I suppose I just think that in this particular instance I don't identify with seeing or feeling anything "weird" about it.
DustinBrett 3y ago
Maybe we can get ChatGPT to summarize them all into bullet points.
- SubiculumCode 3y ago
  you won the internet today sir
- hooloovoo_zoo 3y ago
  Who wants to read ‘mostly harmless’ 8 billion times though?
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csmattryder 3y ago
If people keep funneling data into Meta Platforms Inc, they'll soon get there.
- recursive 3y ago
  For some value of "know".
booleandilemma 3y ago
Until the government-mandated microchips at birth, anyway.
wincy 3y ago
Which means the sum of all human experience every two years is the equivalent to what some immortal entity born at the dawn of time would have ever experienced. And we can all share it and it’s so cool!
jtsiskin 3y ago
Another crazy way to think about it: every two years, humanity experiences more time (in terms of “total hours of existence”) than the entire age of the universe, from the Big Bang to now. A universes lifetime of collective experience, every two years.

paxys 3y ago

I'd say it would be impossible to fully know about every human on earth even if there were like 10,000 people total. The human brain has a certain capacity for maintaining relations, and once you cross the size of a small community/village it's basically all the same. Are you really any more isolated from 8 billion people than you were from 7 billion?

jjulius 3y ago

Weird? I dunno, I kinda think that's pretty neat.

kulahan 3y ago
Weird and neat are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I'd argue they often go hand-in-hand.
- jjulius 3y ago
  Absolutely true, I suppose I just think that in this particular instance I don't identify with seeing or feeling anything "weird" about it.

DustinBrett 3y ago

Maybe we can get ChatGPT to summarize them all into bullet points.

SubiculumCode 3y ago
you won the internet today sir
hooloovoo_zoo 3y ago
Who wants to read ‘mostly harmless’ 8 billion times though?

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csmattryder 3y ago

If people keep funneling data into Meta Platforms Inc, they'll soon get there.

recursive 3y ago
For some value of "know".

booleandilemma 3y ago

Until the government-mandated microchips at birth, anyway.

wincy 3y ago

Which means the sum of all human experience every two years is the equivalent to what some immortal entity born at the dawn of time would have ever experienced. And we can all share it and it’s so cool!

jtsiskin 3y ago

Another crazy way to think about it: every two years, humanity experiences more time (in terms of “total hours of existence”) than the entire age of the universe, from the Big Bang to now. A universes lifetime of collective experience, every two years.