You own 60,000 things
In the book "Nutella hat Lichtschutzfaktor 9,7: Die volle Dosis unnützes Wissen" about useless knowledge, I read that one person on average owns 60,000 things. How did they count? Do they count all the potatoes in the kitchen? Probably. I would have guessed that I own 1,000 things, when thinking of the last time when I packed everything in boxes, wrapping each single thing in paper. I think of counting seriously all my things now... I do not believe that they are 60,000, even counting all potatoes.
I also wonder: How many data files does one person own? This is easier to count. Maybe, I will count one day. I estimate that I so far got about 60,000 emails and have written about 6,000 emails in my life. Fortunately, most of them are deleted. At least, I hope so!
But: 60,000 things?? Difficult to believe. At today´s shopping, I bought 20 things, but I will eat most of them. And I do now not count all peanuts, tea bags and apples individually. Otherwise, I probably bought 200 things.
I also wonder: How many data files does one person own? This is easier to count. Maybe, I will count one day. I estimate that I so far got about 60,000 emails and have written about 6,000 emails in my life. Fortunately, most of them are deleted. At least, I hope so!
But: 60,000 things?? Difficult to believe. At today´s shopping, I bought 20 things, but I will eat most of them. And I do now not count all peanuts, tea bags and apples individually. Otherwise, I probably bought 200 things.
AndreaHerrmann - 3. Nov, 17:29
