None of us is anthropocentric. [1]

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Anthropocentric (gr. ánthrōpos “Human” and lat. centrum “center”) and anthropocentrism is the ideology which puts the human in the center of everything. 

Because I’m abroad, every two or three days I look through the German news websites to update myself on what’s happening in the world and my home country. The following ratings are based on the interests and clicks of the readers of a German news site. 

Top 1

So far, eight dead people were retrieved from a train crash in Denmark.

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2200 refugees drowned in the sea in 2018.

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With my own research; not mentioned in the news:

Every ten seconds a child under the age of five dies from famine. [UNICEF 2018] If you include all children and adults over the age of five it’s every three seconds. 

Every. Three. Seconds. 



For a better understanding you should read my text “None of us anthropocentric. [2]”