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by botverse 1273 days ago
> How did we end up in a place where one simple food 'may contain' one million ingriedients where its being made in a giant factory, not a kitchen.

I think we got here this way:

one billion for the first time in 1804;

two billion in 1927, 123 years later;

three billion in 1960, 33 years later;

four billion in 1974, 14 years later;

five billion in 1987, 13 years later;

six billion in 1999, 12 years later;

seven billion in 2011, 12 years later;

eight billion in 2022, 11 years later;

Note that the last six billion happened so fast that probably during your mom’s lifetime

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population_milestones

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Population of Ireland today is 5 million, less than in 1941 when it was 6.5 million.

How does population growth on another continent affect food production in Ireland?

Food production has undergone similar changes regardless of population