How Many People Have Ever Lived?

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It is a simple question that requires some pretty complicated investigation. Calculating the number of people who have ever lived since the dawn of humanity is part science and part art. Jeff and Anthony dig in to the fascinating process by which scientists have come up with a pretty definitive answer. Are you able to guess it?

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0:00.0	I am never gonna forgive myself for missing Gemini, I'm Anna the Theaters.
0:18.3	This is We Have Concerns.
0:20.3	Hi Jeff Ganata.
0:21.3	Hi Anthony Carboni.
0:23.0	Hello Concerns citizens.
0:25.3	Anthony, have you ever wondered how many people there were?
0:29.9	If you ever had a dream that's so that you did is like when you know, what do you say?
0:39.9	All the people have you ever thought how many people have there ever been?
0:45.5	I've thought about all the only people were there ever.
0:51.0	No, I've only thought about all the lonely people and where do they all come from?
0:56.2	Yes, but to be alone, you have to have been.
1:01.5	You know what I'm saying?
1:02.5	Did you write that?
1:05.4	Just now I'm top of my head, baby.
1:07.9	You have to be in order to be said.
1:12.5	This notion of there's a lot of people now.
1:16.0	Yeah.
1:17.0	But how many people would say there been some would say more than ever.
1:21.9	That is accurate as well.
1:23.4	There are more people now than there have ever been.
1:27.2	But how many people have there ever?
1:30.1	No, there's no more people alive now than have ever been alive at any given moment.
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