Six Billion Worlds

[peteryoung]

National Geographic's 3-minute kinetic typography video on the approach of a planet with 7 billion people, possibly sometime later this year.

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It seems the location used to indicate how much space we would take up standing shoulder to shoulder has shifted again – it was once the Isle of Wight, then the Isle of Man, later John Brunner used Zanzibar for the predicted 7b in 2010, but here NG has gone for Los Angeles.

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[del-c.livejournal.com]

"Seven!" has replaced "fewer!" (for "less") as the thing I shout at Radio 4 most often. I did it again this morning while semi-conscious, as the radio alarm set for 8:50am inflicted Alain de Boton on me, talking about the global environment in "A Point of View".

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Yes, I read it (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12241405) this morning. De Botton is articulate, but even then I've often found it very hard to figure out his point. And he does come up with some priceless howlers now and then.