How big is 8 billion?

[Grampa Don]

There are now 8 billion of us on earth. It's hard to picture that amount. But, imagine 1000 pounds of table salt. Now imagine yourself as one of those salt grains. That's one in 8 billion.

 

[jujube]

More than my tiny little brain can grasp.....

 

[oldaunt]

I'll just stay here on my big empty hill.....

 

[fuzzybuddy]

8,000,000,000 of us, and only one knows how to program the DVR.

 

[Avon]

There are now 8 billion of us on earth. It's hard to picture that amount. But, imagine 1000 pounds of table salt. Now imagine yourself as one of those salt grains. That's one in 8 billion.

And Bernard Arnault could give us all $30 each, I think. How much salt in a Google?

 

[Alligatorob]

8,000,000,000 of us, and only one knows how to program the DVD.

And I'm not the one!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

There are now 8 billion of us on earth. It's hard to picture that amount. But, imagine 1000 pounds of table salt. Now imagine yourself as one of those salt grains. That's one in 8 billion.

It’s humbling. In the bigger picture, our individual existence truly doesn’t mean a thing. It’s a ‘get over yourself’ hardcore reality.