"Here’s one way of putting things in perspective: **the first modern humans appeared on the plains of Africa at least 200,000 years ago, and scientists estimate that life, in some form, will persist for another 1.5 billion years** or more, until the intensifying heat of the sun condemns the last organism to death. "But you? **Assuming you live to be eighty, you’ll have had about four thousand weeks**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]] , **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]