Sheril KirshenbaumFeb 18, 2023

Here on Earth, ~1,000 babies will be born in the next 4.5 minutes.

Data scientist Pratap Vardhan created this data visualization showing where they will be located based on estimated population & birth rates. https://pratapvardhan.com #map #data

Pratap Vardhan

Pratap Vardhan

Show threadSheril Kirshenbaum

About 109B people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10M.

Several folks have asked about death rates after the previous post, so I'm resharing this incredible data visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser from Our World in Data. /2

Feb 19, 2023 at 2:13amWeb
Show threadptm pizza taco miercolesFeb 19, 2023
@Sheril me mola vernos a toditos ahí #DataViz #Historia
Show threadZephyr Feb 19, 2023
@Sheril wow. Thanks for sharing this
Show threadKim Spence-Jones #FBPEFeb 19, 2023
@Sheril What would be interesting would be to multiply each life with its life-expectancy. Shorter lives put much lower burdens on the planet.
Show threadkernowspringerFeb 19, 2023
@Sheril fascinating!
Show threadRobinBolinssonFeb 19, 2023
@Sheril Looking at this, you quickly realise that the zombie apocalypse is indeed coming as soon as the bottom part is full.
Show threadMichael PorterFeb 19, 2023
@Sheril https://ourworldindata.org/longtermism
Longtermism: The future is vast – what does this mean for our own life?

If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.

Our World in Data
Show threadJohn FrancisFeb 20, 2023
@Sheril hell is full