Post #2935710
2022-11-13 09:45 UTC
@Sheril@mastodon.social (Alt text, cont.)
[Bottom of hourglass] About half the people who ever lived
lived in the last 2000 years.
- [Arrow, about half-way to the bottom] Socrates, who was killed in
399 BCE. lies about here.
- [Arrow, about one third from the bottom] Half of the dead bodies here
- [Arrow, almost at the bottom] The first agriculturalists lie here.
Only about 9 billion people lived before
the Agricultural Revolution.
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Replies (2)
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@ashwin_baindur@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 10:59
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @Sheril@mastodon.social Thank you. This is something that I don't do but should. 😊
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@Klaxun@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 18:03
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @Sheril@mastodon.social this is a pretty mind-blowing perspective if you measure time in human life spans.