Pasricha: Living humans represent a 1-in-15 fraction of all who ever lived
Neil Pasricha · Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness · Oct 18, 2022 · at 1:48:59
Author Neil Pasricha explains his existential perspective on gratitude to host Shane Parrish, calculating the odds of being alive today relative to total historical human population.
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“There are a hundred and fifteen billion people, Shane, who have ever lived in the world. If you're watching or listening to this right now, you're one of the eight billion people who are alive today, which means by de facto, a hundred and seven billion of the other people are no longer here. That's a one in 15 lottery that you've already won.”
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