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By that line of reasoning, 15.75 years from now there will be a viewcount greater than 8 billion. ... and now I realize you may be correct, and that it's proba
by sillysaurus3 12y ago
By that line of reasoning, 15.75 years from now there will be a viewcount greater than 8 billion.
... and now I realize you may be correct, and that it's probably inevitable that a viewcount will not only exceed the total number of people alive, but will double or even quadruple it. Our total population is actually about 100 billion, but only ~7% of us are still alive.
The shadows of the dead will be forever enshrined as YouTube view counts. Our shadows.
- mudge 12y agoWow, shit
- trothamel 12y agoYouTube is slightly under 10 years old. It's interesting how we're willing to project it forward into the far future. Not that i think that's wrong or anything - it's just that it's gone from nothing to essential in a fraction of a human lifetime. "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten." - Bill Gates
- rattray 12y agoThat's a great quote, thanks for sharing
- Retra 12y agoWith playlists and whatnot, you can easily watch a video numerous times, so the max could very easily exceed any population size.