Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
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Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
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Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#2Assuming a 80 year life span, and 5 billion humans, that is only .00001% of their life span. I hope we do better with the rest?
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#3From 3/07/12 - Nearly 6 Million Years of World of Warcraft Healthy for Players' Brains
By one analyst's calculation, the 11 million or so registered users of the online role-playing fantasy World of Warcraft collectively have spent as much time playing the game since its introduction in 2004 as humanity spent evolving as a species-about 50 billion hours of game time, which adds up to about 5.9 million years.
http://kotaku.com/5891421/nearly-6-million-years-of-world-of...
Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#4Well it isn't a zero sum game. Who's "productive" 100% of their time? And can keep it that way without any relaxation?
I would think that music you like counts as excellent relaxation and can help you achieve more afterwards.
Additionally, they are comparing "man years" to "calendar years". I would think it took more than 4 man years to build the titanic. Stupid post.
Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#5they're entitled to their opinion thats its 'wasted'. but really. wise enough to decide for other people how their time is best spent? is time spent being entertained wasted? or is time being entertained by gangnam style wasted but say, time reading 'in search of lost time' not?
Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#6It's only "wasted" if you got no value out of it. If you thought it was entertaining (which, presumably people who watched it many times did) then it's no more of a waste than time spent listening to The Beatles or Beethoven, relative merits aside.
Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#7cute, but also assumes no multitasking.
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#8The comparison to completion time of the Empire State Building, the Great Pyramid of Giza, etc, are dishonest. Those weren't completed by a single individual, so it doesn't make sense to compare it to all time spent by each person watching the video.
Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
#9I didn't see it!
People are also amazed when I tell them I haven't seen Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I guess I'm just different than most people.
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#10I didn't see it! People are also amazed when I tell them I haven't seen Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I guess I'm just different than most people.
and did you play any games?