Anyway, the fascinating thing was that I read in National Geographic that there are more people alive now than have died in all of human history. In other words, if everyone wanted to play Hamlet at once, they couldn't, because there aren't enough skulls!
In a thought-provoking reflection, the author Jonathan Safran Foer highlights an intriguing fact from National Geographic: the current global population exceeds the total number of individuals who have ever lived and died in human history. This statement emphasizes the vastness of contemporary life compared to the historical human existence.
Foer's observation humorously suggests that if everyone alive today attempted to partake in a performance of Hamlet, there simply wouldn't be enough...