The World, Visualized as 100 People
Seven billion people is a lot to comprehend.
Infographic designer Jack Hagley sought to make the conditions ofthose 7billion easier to understand, by visualizing the world in the context ofattributes such as continent, area, language, religion, poverty and more as if there were only 100 people.
At a glance, you can see a ton of information: 23 people of the 100 would have no shelter, 21 would be overweight while 15 would be undernourished and one would be starving. Seventy would have no access to the Internet. Only seven would have a college education.
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Fascinating graph! Thanks for sharing it!
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You're more than welcome Dowser!
I wasn't sure whether to put this under sociology, or anthropology, or what...it doesn't really fit anything real closely. As I get older I am finding it more and more difficult toview the callous injustice in the world without flinching.That is facilitated by our separation from others; thoughintriguingly, with all our modern connivances, we are supposedly closer than ever!
I have trouble figuring that out, too!
Yes, Larry, me, too! I have less patience with the idiotic "little things" that go on, constant turmoil over things that really don't matter. We, as humans, are more alike than we are different, yet all we seem to do is hate one another for those small differences.
Interesting article Larry. The thing that surprised me the most I guess was that only 5 percent of the world has English as a first language. I would have thought it was higher than that.
I'm trying to remember the last time a pack of wolves, or a gaggle of geese polluted a river to extinction, invented carbons that have infiltrated every cell on the planet, or tried to commit genocide....
...yeah, we humans are the smart ones...
Great article Larry, the way the graph was done really does make it personal.
23 out of 100 do not have water..At the rate we're going that number is going to expand, and expand fast.
Thanks John.
I was taken back by a few of the stats,,,which I suppose is one of the reasons for the graph!
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Kavika,
I thought the same thing.
It's strange when a person breaks the population down in this manner. I've heard it said that humans have the capacity to know by face, as part of a community, a maximum of about 500 people. Just think how we could change the world if each one could help give a couple of others fresh water, teach a couple of others to read, hook the internet up for a few folks, teach some others how to fish...
We could change the world!
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Your question/statement reminds me of the old saying, How do you eat a Hero sandwich? One bite at a time.
Right on brotha!