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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by jvanderbot on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:05AM (#30600660)
I think more people are alive now than have ever lived.

I also think that means the next generation or two will have so many people on the planet that literally everyone who ever lived could still be alive and it would be the same.

Scarcity is not the problem. Death is so far inevitable, but it is not necessary.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by nisegami on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:56AM (#30601301)
The dead outnumber the living at over 14:1

https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived...

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by jvanderbot on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:50PM (#30606710)
Ah, perfect. I was mistaken.
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