Anyone recall a dramatic statistic about there being significantly more humans alive today than ever existed in history (something like 70% to 90% of all humans are alive today)?
It made recent population growth seem very explosive and make me feel oddly self-important and FOMO-ish about death.
TIL the "fact" is false.
Starting estimates from 50,000BC there were around 100B humans born and 8B alive today - closer to 8%.
Puts things into perspective. We are just as temporary as ever.
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