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- 3. We will try to make you a little unconfortable, presenting facts
- 5. we want you to agree with us that the world is going wild
- 6. So if you feel the words are going too fast, don’t worry
- 13. And then it took just 50 years to double it to 6 billions
- 14. half of the world’s population is under 25 years of age
- 15. Just a little more than 100 years ago, radio was predicted to have no future
- 16. At the same time, havier-than-air flying machines were predicted impossible
- 17. In the early 20th century a world market for only 4 million automobiles was made because...
- 21. In 1793, Dr. Dionysius Lardner didn't believe that trains could contribute much in speedy transport.
- 25. Like in a country of 1.300.000.000 of population
- 29. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s
- 34. And if you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China
- 38. The world's average school year is 200 days per year.
- 39. In the US, 180 days in Sweden, 170 days in Japan, 243 days
- 45. 1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company for less than one year
- 46. and 1 out of 2 are working for a company for less than five years
- 47. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004
- 60. There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK
- 64. On average in the West, people move house every 7 years
- 65. 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online
- 70. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month
- 71. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)
- 80. It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 10 18 ) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year
- 82. The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years
- 84. Half of what they learn in their first year will be outdated by their 3rd year of study
- 90. The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped countries
- 92. By 2023, a $1000 computer will exceed the capabilities of the Human Brain
- 94. By 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race
- 95. By age 65, an American would have watched the equivalent of 9 years uninterrupted screening
- 96. And finally, our eyes were always the same size but our nose and ears never stop growing