The U.N. estimated that as of Monday, October 31, the world population reached seven billion people. Throughout the world, scores of children have been crowned the seventh-billionth, which will only result in a Highlander-style Quickening until there is only one.
But, aside from that obvious conclusion, what does seven billion really mean? Do you feel any different than October 30 when there were only 6.9 billion people? Is seven billion even a lot? To put it into perspective: it’s estimated that there are 10 quintillion insects in the world, so that works out to 714,285,715 bugs in each work shoe you left outside.
So, is it possible that each of us is not even unique? That there are identical models of us running around, perhaps walking into a door frame in China the same way I did last night after getting my butt pinched? Continue reading Take it from Snee: You’re one in seven billion