On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > This just blew me away - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
Very interesting. I did a little looking and found the originals. I also took the time to copy and transcribe things into a text version and sent it around to some of my associates. For those so interested: Did You Know? Based on presentations by Karl Fisch and videos by Scott Mcleod Video version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY Text version (edited for presentation; additions from related sources): If you’re one in a million in China... ... there are 1300 people just like you. China will soon become the #1 English speaking country in the world. In India, the 25% of the population with the highest IQ ... ... is greater than the total population of the US. ... Translation: They have more honors kids than the US *has* kids. If you took every single job in the US today and shipped it to China ... ... China would still have more workers than jobs. The top 10 in-demand jobs predicted for 2010... ... did not exist in 2004. Schools are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist ... ... using technologies that haven't been invented ... ... in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet. The US Dept of Labor estimates that today's learner ... ... will have had 10-14 different jobs by the age of 38. One in four workers has been with their current employer ... ... for less than a year. ... one half for less than five years. Name this country: * Richest in the world * Largest, best-equipped military * Center of world business and finance * Strongest education system * Center of world innovation and invention * Currency is the world standard * Highest standard of living ... England. In 1900. The #1 country in capita broadband Internet penetration is ... ... Bermuda. ... The US? 20th. ... #19? Luxembourg. They passed the US in 2006. In 2002, Nintendo invested more than $140 in research and development. ... The US Federal government spent half that on R&D in education. One in eight couples married in the US last year met online. There are over 200 million users on MySpace. ... If that were a country, it would be the 5th-largest in the world. In 2008, there were *38 billion* searches on Google every month. ... In 2006, there were only 2.7 billion. ... In 1996, there was no Google. The first commercial text message was sent in Dec 1992. ... Today, the number sent every day exceeds the population of the planey. Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million users: ... Radio: 38 years ... TV: 13 years ... Internet: 4 years ... iPod: 3 years ... Facebook: 2 years In 1984, there were 1,000 Internet devices ... In 1992, there were 1,000,000 ... In 2008, there were 1,000,000,000 There are about 540 thousand words in the English language ... 5 times as many as when Shakespeare lived (1564 - 1616). A week of the New York Times contains more information ... ... than a typical lifetime was exposed to in the 1900's. It is estimated that this year, more unique information will be generatyed ... ... than in the previous 5000 years. The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. ... Thus, for students starting a 4-year technical degree ... ... half of what they learn will be outdated by their 3rd year of study. During the five minutes you might spend reading this... ... 67 babies were born in the U.S ... ... 274 babies were born in China ... ... and 395 babies were born in India. "We live in exponential times." "Shift happens." Summary of sources, including citations: http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/fisch/fischbowlpresentations.htm ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
