Sheril KirshenbaumJul 15, 2023

About 109 billion people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10 million.

This stunning data visualization of human life by Max Roser was published in 2022.

Today there would be 805 green grains representing 8.05 billion people living on Earth. #science #art

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@Sheril It's unclear whether an infographic like this is supposed to represent a 2D object or a 3D one. The ratio of areas is different from the ratio of volumes.

Edit: It must be 2D because the individual grains are shown. But the reader shouldn't have to think this much.

Jul 16, 2023 at 9:40amWeb