Watch this video. Lots of it is amazing … Some of it is inspiring.
You will witness flips, jumps, catches and feats that defy imagination (and certainly logic).
What type of person thinks, 'I want to do that' ?
To see which of the segments might be fake, click here.
Why does measurement matter?
Bill Gates explores this question in his 2013 Annual Letter, highlighting innovations in measurement that are helping to eradicate poverty and disease.
Download Bill Gates' 2013 Annual Letter in PDF format.
Also see his "My Hope for 2030" video.
When someone yells "Stop" … I don't know if it's in the name of love, it's 'Hammer Time,' or I should collaborate and listen?
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So proud of our 'solution' to the debt ceiling issue …
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U.S. Health Worse than Nearly All Other Industrialized Nations.
Bloomberg recently reported that the last-place health ranking of the United States among 17 wealthy countries (based on a U.S. study of health outcomes).
Americans spend $2.7 trillion every year, more than any other nation, on healthcare costs.
Yet, America fares badly in a comparison of health measures in rich countries. Here is a chart from the Economist reporting similar results.
America is obviously doing something wrong. But what, exactly, is the question.
There’s a lot of information about your neighborhood (or anyplace you choose). Drawing on publicly available information (such as the U.S.
Census, Yelp!, and others), this app digs it up,
divides it into categories (people, weather, history, housing, etc.),
and serves it up in easy to digest graphics.
The results are interesting, even though an app like this just scratches the surface of what's possible with access to
data.
Some of the data you'll learn about a location includes:
Sitegeist was created by the Sunlight Foundation in consultation with design firm IDEO. It is the third in a series of National Data Apps.
Bet you start seeing more apps like this.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy a little time … other times you have to play to win.
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Back in the 1970s, a now-forgotten writer claimed that 75 percent of the people who had ever been born were alive at that moment. This 'factoid' has been referenced many times, even though a bit of reflection would show how unlikely it is.
So, what might be a better estimate of the actual percentage? In this video, a Population Reference Bureau scholar explains how to get a reasonable guesstimate.
Here is an infographic look at the data.
Source:LiveScience
As we enter 2013, the world population has surpassed 7 billion people.
How can we get a sense of what it means … and who we are?
One way is by statistically representing the world population as 100 people. That way, complex issues become more comprehensible and help us get a stronger sense of the big picture.
Here is a video introduction to the 100 Person Project.
The 100 People Project: An Introduction from 100 People Foundation on Vimeo.
And here is an infographic of some of the highlights of the research.
50 would be female
50 would be male26 would be children
There would be 74 adults,
8 of whom would be 65 and olderThere would be:
60 Asians
15 Africans
14 people from the Americas
11 Europeans33 Christians
22 Muslims
14 Hindus
7 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
12 people who would not be aligned with a religion12 would speak Chinese
5 would speak Spanish
5 would speak English
3 would speak Arabic
3 would speak Hindi
3 would speak Bengali
3 would speak Portuguese
2 would speak Russian
2 would speak Japanese
62 would speak other languages83 would be able to read and write; 17 would not
7 would have a college degree
22 would own or share a computer77 people would have a place to shelter them
from the wind and the rain, but 23 would not1 would be dying of starvation
15 would be undernourished
21 would be overweight87 would have access to safe drinking water
13 people would have no clean, safe water to drink
If you want more information on this …
The detailed research and source information can be
found here and the statistics provided by Donella Meadows in 1990 that originally inspired the 100 People Project can be viewed here. A different groups research is here. And the Snopes research is here.
Doomsday Planning?
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