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When Will We Run Out Of Names?

Vsauce
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When Will We Run Out Of Names?
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2015Apr 13
Follow me!   / corndogwilly   |   / electricpants   Vsauce is nominated for a Webby in Science & Education! You can support learning online by voting for Vsauce or any of the FANTASTIC nominees here: http://pv.webbyawards.com/2015/online... THANKS!! SOURCES: Name frequency in US: http://howmanyofme.com/ US Census data: http://www.census.gov/topics/populati... Band name frequency: http://gothamist.com/2010/02/17/a_tal... Books using same title: http://www.theguardian.com/global/201... http://www.writersdigest.com/online-e... Is choosing a band name becoming more difficult? http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015... http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB2000142... How many famous people are there? http://www.wired.com/2013/01/the-frac... World population counter: http://www.census.gov/popclock/ What If? naming stars calculation: https://what-if.xkcd.com/23/ Online Disinhibition effect: http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycybe... http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1000087... On the internet, nobody know’s you’re a dog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_I... [image] http://michaelmaslin.com/inkspill/wp-... Karma Court:   / karmacourt   Proteus Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus_... Proteus effect studies: https://vhil.stanford.edu/pubs/2013/f... http://faculty.smu.edu/chrisl/courses... When will we run out of social security numbers? http://www.mathiseasy.net/WillTheUSev... Article about running out of usernames: http://kotaku.com/5924570/are-we-scre... music by    / jakechudnow   and http://www.audionetwork.com

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Vsauce

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