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title: "“The Moon’s atmosphere weighs 200,000 internets. One internet is 2.4 human souls.”"
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published_at: "2021-05-04T21:17:07+00:00"
author: "Stefan Grund"
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  - "netzkultur"
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external_url: "https://interconnected.org/home/2021/04/30/filtered_for_small_quantities"
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# “The Moon’s atmosphere weighs 200,000 internets. One internet is 2.4 human souls.”

[Link →](https://interconnected.org/home/2021/04/30/filtered_for_small_quantities)

> 1\. The entire internet, i.e. all the electrons in all the electricity: [about 50 grams, the same as a plump strawberry](https://futurism.com/the-world-contained-in-a-strawberry-2). \[…\]

> 2\. The entire atmosphere of the Moon: [less than 10 metric tonnes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_the_Moon).\
>  c.f. Earth’s atmosphere which is about [5.15 million gigatons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth). \[…\]

> 3\. The total volume of Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in the whole world: [about 160 milliliters](https://theconversation.com/all-the-coronavirus-in-the-world-could-fit-inside-a-coke-can-with-plenty-of-room-to-spare-154226), roughly 6 shot glasses.

> 4\. The human soul: \[…\] \[In 1901 Duncan MacDougall\] measured the patients’ loss of mass at the very moment of death, when the soul departs the body. The result and therefore the weight of the soul: [21 grams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment). \[…\]

Great observations and comparisons by [Matt Webb](https://interconnected.org/home/), whose blog I can’t recommend highly enough.