Discussion About 93% of All Humans are Dead RN

[wanttogetonthebus]

"Given a current global population of about 7.8 billion, the revised estimate means those alive in 2020 represent nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived."
I thought it was kind of interesting and comforting when it comes to the topic of CTB that we're statistically more likely to be dead than alive right now 'as a human.' Most of our biological ancestors are already there, and if there's some big secret or something after our inevitable deaths, 93% of people are already in the know. We're just the ones still hanging back naive and unaware and scared - like that kid who sits alone at the lunch table.

 

[FuneralCry]

I find it so comforting to think that no matter what happens, eventually this life will go away and the suffering will end. I believe there is nothing after this and I know I belong in the nothingness. Some people may say that suicide is irrational but it makes sense to me wanting to escape decades of pointless suffering.

 

[Pluto]

There's no need to strictly identify as human in this context.

Your great great (etc.) grandparents of 7 million years ago were monkeys. Your elders of 100 million years ago were hamsters. Of 4 billion years ago were single-celled under-sea organisms. What percentage of them are dead? Prepare to wear out the '9' key on your keyboard.

 

[noname223]

Where is the source for that? I would be interested

 

[Rogue Proxy]

Your elders of 100 million years ago were hamsters.

Way too recent in the geological time scale, but what the hell:

 

[wanttogetonthebus]

Where is the source for that? I would be interested

How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?

The global population milestone of 8 billion people represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.

www.prb.org