Did You Know; Shift Happens - Globalization; Information Age
Contributed by J. R. Ransom
Did You Know?
If mySpace were a country, it would be the 11th largest in the world. This is a video (6min 5sec) that was created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod. Globalization and The Information Age. The world is really amazing when you look at some of the numbers.
"Sometimes size does matter. If you're 'one in a million' in China, there are 1,300 people just like you. In India, there are 1,100 just like you. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ is greater than the total population of North America. In India it's the top 28%. Translation for teachers: they have more honors kids than we have kids. Did you know? China will soon become the number one English-speaking country in the world. If you took every single job in the U. S. today and shipped it to China, it would still have a labor surplus. During the course of this [video] presentation - 60 babies will be born in the U. S., 244 babies will be born in China, 351 babies will be born in India...
