The Economist made this sobering graphicof the concealed cost of themost democratic YouTube picture of all time — with more than two billion views since June 2012 : “ At 4:12 proceedings , that equates to more than 140 m hr , or more than 16,000 days . ” Then they compare it to some of humanity ’s most monumental tasks .
20 Empire States Buildings , six Burj Khalifas , four Great Pyramids of Giza , three Gerald R. Ford - Class nuclear aircraft supercarriers , a Wikipedia and a half ! That ’s what humanity could have accomplished had they invested all the time they spent in view Psy ’s Gangnam Style in more productive tasks .
The forged matter is not this , however . The worst matter is that , if you add all the second spend in watching the crap in YouTube , we could have believably ended war , hunger , global climate change , and colonize Mars and Europa by now .
well task , everyone . I ’m go to high five every exclusive human being I meet on the street today .
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