This article is great at putting important factors in relative perspective, with gems like: _There have been about 100 billion humans born during the 200,000 years we’ve existed_
As for most of the article, not one thing in that statement are precisely true, but sufficiently accurate to grasp the idea and make us wonder. Just think about this: nearly 10% of all human being that ever lived since our ancestors started walking on their feet are alive at this very moment.
And it goes on and on.
As for WW2, well, it has been quite important and transformative in itself, much, much more than the actual pandemic will ever be, no matter how freaked out some people actually are.
As for most of the article, not one thing in that statement are precisely true, but sufficiently accurate to grasp the idea and make us wonder. Just think about this: nearly 10% of all human being that ever lived since our ancestors started walking on their feet are alive at this very moment.
And it goes on and on.
As for WW2, well, it has been quite important and transformative in itself, much, much more than the actual pandemic will ever be, no matter how freaked out some people actually are.