An open inquiry into a world of enough

We have
more than
enough.

So why do so many go without? Explore what humanity produces, what people need, and the distance between the two.

See the arithmetic Start with the 8-minute course

An engraved copper-colored planet encircled by a single orbit. — One planet.
**All of us.**A question of resources.
A question of access.

Evidence, with the assumptions left in.Scroll to investigate

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01 / The arithmetic

Start with
what exists.

A global total divided by people. A useful starting point, with real limits. Choose a resource to look closer.

Food / Global dietary energy supply

Enough calories.
Unequal access.

The global average food supply is above this project’s calorie reference. That does not mean everyone can afford a nutritious diet.

FAO Food Balance Sheets · 2023 data ↗

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global supply / calorie reference

Average food supply3,006 kcal

Project calorie reference2,100 kcal

Per person, per day · linear scale

What this number doesn’t tell you

Food supply is not intake. Calorie needs vary with age, body size and activity; the 2,100 kcal figure is a project reference, not a universal requirement. Supply already excludes feed and post-harvest losses.

Read the reference and its assumptions ↗

Sources use different years. Where needed, calculations use the project’s rounded 2024 population of 8.2 billion. Read the methodology ↗

02 / The distance between enough and access

An average
doesn’t feed
a person.

Resources can exist.
People can still go without.

Geography, infrastructure, conflict, affordability and political choices shape who gets what. Global arithmetic opens the question. It doesn’t settle how we get resources into people’s hands.

See how it differs by country Read the strongest counterarguments

03 / Follow your curiosity