World war 1 lasted from August 4th 1914 until November 11th, 1918. During this time an estimated 10 million lives were lost. About how many people were dying per day?

The question is so dry, mechanical, and devoid of emotion

that it's terrifying.

There is no way to assign a number to "How many people were

dying per day", and I would prefer not even to think about it in

those terms.

- - The period of time from August 4, 1914 until November 11, 1918 is 1,560 days.

- - The "average", or better, the "unit rate" of 10 million events in 1,560 days

is the quotient

(10,000,000 events) / (1,560 days)

= 6,410.3 events per day

= 267.1 events per hour

= 4.45 events per minute.

Reciprocally, this is a unit rate of

13.48 seconds per event,

sustained continuously for 4.274 years!

When will we ever learn!?