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Historical Data Indicates Most Lives Ended in Childhood

Players receive one life drawn at random from all humans who ever lived.

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Any Human Ever assigns each player a life pulled from historical population statistics. Users report outcomes such as death at six months in Bronze Age Southeast Asia, death at age three in the Yangtze River Delta, and death from smallpox at age seven in 1889. Other draws produced an 82-year lifespan starting 14,700 years ago in the Ethiopian highlands, with multiple surviving children and grandchildren. One parent used the tool to let a child search specific years and places of interest. Some participants note the model omits region-specific events like forced labor in the Congo Free State.

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Combined views

9.2M

10 Sources, first seen 27d ago

50.7K likes810 comments28.6K saves1.5K reposts
Any Human Ever Website Reveals Typical Lives from History

Sentiment

Positive47.3%52.7%Negative

Summary

Many accounts praised engaging or impressive life draws from the Any Human Ever historical statistics game, while others objected to AI-generated errors, unrealistic details, and questionable accuracy.

Based on 265 sentiment-bearing replies from 241 accounts across 8 conversations.

Sentiment

Positive47.3%52.7%Negative

Summary

Many accounts praised engaging or impressive life draws from the Any Human Ever historical statistics game, while others objected to AI-generated errors, unrealistic details, and questionable accuracy.

Based on 265 sentiment-bearing replies from 241 accounts across 8 conversations.

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@Gena_I_GorlinWhoa- this is the most fantastic pedagogical tool I’ve encountered in as long as I can remember (which is a helluva high bar, considering who I live with). I’m so excited to have my 6yo play with it! And you all should too. https://anyhumanever.com/
@qiqingI ... drew a random life and died at age 3 in the Yangtze River Delta. This deeply humanistic art project will give you as much a sense of perspective of how far humanity has come as a species as Oregon Trail for going West in North America.
@NevinClimenhagaHonestly I feel like I drew a pretty good life here, will not be playing again
@CJHandmerYou can now play this for real with https://anyhumanever.com/. I just died of smallpox aged 7 in 1889.
@fleshsimulatorGay ass game
@captain_mrsany human ever is a cool app but obviously there are big limitations. not taking into account historical facts affecting regions makes for some very unrealistic life stories - this boy born in the Congo in 1892 would almost certainly have been conscripted into forced labour as an able bodied teenager in the Congo Free State, punishable by death for failing to meet quotas on rubber plantations, and wouldn't have been free to enjoy his life of fish and plantains and herding. Mr C exclaimed "oh noooooo" at the date and the location, and we were both shocked that it didn't come up
@questionablewayit’s almost impossible to roll anything other than childhood death. point made
@mattyglesiasFun game, draw a random life out of what we know about the entire history of human population statistics. I died at six months old in Bronze Age Southeast Asia. https://anyhumanever.com/
@StatisticUrbanI drew quite a successful life. I was born 14,700 years ago, in the Ethiopian highlands. <0.01% of humanity lived this long ago or longer. I lived to 82. Both of my children made it to adulthood. At the time of my death, I had 6 grandchildren and 5 great-children.
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    @Gena_I_GorlinWhoa- this is the most fantastic pedagogical tool I’ve encountered in as long as I can remember (which is a helluva high bar, considering who I live with). I’m so excited to have my 6yo play with it! And you all should too. https://anyhumanever.com/
    @qiqingI ... drew a random life and died at age 3 in the Yangtze River Delta. This deeply humanistic art project will give you as much a sense of perspective of how far humanity has come as a species as Oregon Trail for going West in North America.
    @NevinClimenhagaHonestly I feel like I drew a pretty good life here, will not be playing again
    @CJHandmerYou can now play this for real with https://anyhumanever.com/. I just died of smallpox aged 7 in 1889.
    @fleshsimulatorGay ass game
    @captain_mrsany human ever is a cool app but obviously there are big limitations. not taking into account historical facts affecting regions makes for some very unrealistic life stories - this boy born in the Congo in 1892 would almost certainly have been conscripted into forced labour as an able bodied teenager in the Congo Free State, punishable by death for failing to meet quotas on rubber plantations, and wouldn't have been free to enjoy his life of fish and plantains and herding. Mr C exclaimed "oh noooooo" at the date and the location, and we were both shocked that it didn't come up
    @questionablewayit’s almost impossible to roll anything other than childhood death. point made
    @mattyglesiasFun game, draw a random life out of what we know about the entire history of human population statistics. I died at six months old in Bronze Age Southeast Asia. https://anyhumanever.com/
    @StatisticUrbanI drew quite a successful life. I was born 14,700 years ago, in the Ethiopian highlands. <0.01% of humanity lived this long ago or longer. I lived to 82. Both of my children made it to adulthood. At the time of my death, I had 6 grandchildren and 5 great-children.
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