December 2010
44 posts
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? →
science:
Nathan Keyfitz, a Harvard professor of sociology and demographics, made an estimate that, updated in 1999, suggests 96 billion. Of course, most of human history lacks accurate census data, so any answer will consist of educated guesswork. The Population Reference Bureau guesstimated 106 billion in 2002, which would mean 6 percent of all the humans that ever lived, were alive in 2002....
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? →
science:
Nathan Keyfitz, a Harvard professor of sociology and demographics, made an estimate that, updated in 1999, suggests 96 billion. Of course, most of human history lacks accurate census data, so any answer will consist of educated guesswork. The Population Reference Bureau guesstimated 106 billion in 2002, which would mean 6 percent of all the humans that ever lived, were alive in 2002....
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Julian Assange Op-Ed (The Australian)
In 1958 a young Rupert Murdoch, then owner and editor of Adelaide’s The News, wrote: “In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win.”
His observation perhaps reflected his father Keith Murdoch’s expose that Australian troops were being needlessly sacrificed by incompetent British commanders on the shores of Gallipoli. The British tried to shut him up but...
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the violence of handcrafted dolls: reflections on... →
theviolenceofhandcrafteddolls:
I learned from friends that the pitchfork review of False Priest was less than good, so I avoided reading it until tonight. I gathered from PF’s review of Skeletal Lamping that we were not a darling of their blog, but I had hoped that we’d get a slightly less disappointing writer this time around…
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