Body Count
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The Number Six Way That We Save This Story
CNN.com will count the number of Americans who have died since America was born on July 4th, 1776. The higher the dead pile in a person's "bucket," the more wisdom that person has to trade off between vibrancy and wisdom. CNN.com: How did you come up with this idea? Soren Eriksen: We just invented the idea that we'll start the count at America's birthday and see what happens. This is fair because we had decided zero on on the lower 48, but like politically, the lower 48 only existed as of 1776.
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