Lottery of Birth
Learning and science
interactive education
SHOW HN2014
8points
6comments
#2,003of 2,272 in 2014
Top 89%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Cool, pretty neat concept
From 3 comments
Pretty cool. Is the choice of country weighted by population? (i.e. you are more likely to be born in China vs Greenland)
olalonde on HNAgree that it should be weighted by current country birth rate so that you're disproportionately likely to be born in Niger or Mali vs. Singapore or Monaco. But really cool…
avni000 on HNI disagree. I'm less familiar with the smaller countries (on average), so I would prefer to get smaller countries when I play, and learn something new, rather than get china or…
goodJobWalrus on HN
Objections
Selection is not weighted by population or birth rate
From 2 comments
Pretty cool. Is the choice of country weighted by population? (i.e. you are more likely to be born in China vs Greenland)
olalonde on HNAgree that it should be weighted by current country birth rate so that you're disproportionately likely to be born in Niger or Mali vs. Singapore or Monaco. But really cool…
avni000 on HN
Requests
Weight country selection by population or birth rate
From 2 comments
Pretty cool. Is the choice of country weighted by population? (i.e. you are more likely to be born in China vs Greenland)
olalonde on HNAgree that it should be weighted by current country birth rate so that you're disproportionately likely to be born in Niger or Mali vs. Singapore or Monaco. But really cool…
avni000 on HN
Let users explore any country, not only the one they were born into
From 1 comment
It would be nice to contribute details about any country, rather than the one that you were randomly born into. Also, adding some demographic details from wikipedia (life…
keenar on HN
Add demographic details such as life expectancy and infant mortality
From 1 comment
It would be nice to contribute details about any country, rather than the one that you were randomly born into. Also, adding some demographic details from wikipedia (life…
keenar on HN