So, we’re 7 billion
strong now. That number is so big, but it means nothing to me. Maybe if I lived
in one of the dense countries, but even in the city I live in there are times
when I can go out and not encounter another person (although not today, I swear every freakin' Haligonian was at Sobeys). Still, when I think of 7
billion, all I can picture is humanity as this black cloud engulfing the earth.
Oz sent me a link to
this BBC page that puts your stats into a global perspective. I was the 4,510,757,622nd person born on Earth
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| Wow, BBC infographic, you know me so well.But your use of commas leaves something to be desired. |
This CBC article, however,
is somehow less cool. I know it’s supposed to read like a bunch of nifty facts
about our population size, but to me it reads more like the beginning of a
conversation about how long we can possibly last on this planet, given how
things seem to be spiraling out of control.
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