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The World as 100 People [New Infographic]

The world has over 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 clearer look at the big picture.

So, what would the world look like if it were represented by just 100 people?

The infographic below covers a broad range of statistics, including: gender, age, race and religion. 

 

 via Washington Post.

To see a video about this, click here.

A different look at the data is here.

You can find the original source of the data here.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Have you seen how they teach math recently?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The Complexity of Complexity. (Strategy-Business)
• Computers Projected To Overtake Human Brain By 2020. (ValueWalk)
• This Is How Putin Rolls. (Zero Hedge)
• 17 Essential Mobile Apps for Small Business Travel. (BigIdeasBlog)
• What Democrats can learn from Republicans. (Vox)

 

Trading Links:

• Has Capitalism Reached A Turning Point? (Forbes)
• There’s Rich, Then There's the 0.01%. (Bloomberg View)
• A Peek Inside One of the World’s Most Secretive Hedge Funds. (eFinancial)
• The New Strategic Intent of Corporate Venture Capital. (CB Insights)
• Jesse Livermore's 21 Trading Rules. (Business Insider)

Time-Lapse Maps That Show How Fast and Much the World Has Changed

Human have a huge impact on the landscape. 

For example, take a look at Dubai in Google's Earth Engine.  It is easy to see the incredible coastal expansion.

 

 

 

We are literally terra-forming the planet.

The Earth Engine brings together trillions of scientific measurements dating back over 40 years (based on Landsat satellite imagery).

You can explore some of these time-lapse maps here.

What Is $100 Actually Worth In Your State?

Money goes further in some states than others.  Here is one way demonstration.

The Tax Foundation released a map showing the relative value of $100 in every state (compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis).

 

The same amount of dollars are worth almost 40 percent more in Mississippi than in D.C., and the differences become even larger if metro area prices are considered instead of statewide averages," writes the Tax Foundation. "A person who makes $40,000 a year after tax in Kentucky would need to have after-tax earnings of $53,000 in Washington, D.C., just in order to have an equal standard of living, let alone feel richer.

 

Here's the map:

 

Tax Foundation

The states with the smallest relative value of $100 were:

• Washington, D.C. ($84.60)
• Hawaii ($85.32)
• New York ($86.66)
• New Jersey ($87.64)
• California ($88.57)

While the states with the largest relative value of $100 were:

• Mississippi ($115.74)
• Arkansas ($114.16)
• Missouri ($113.51)
• Alabama ($113.51)
• South Dakota ($113.38)

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Almost All of the World’s Biggest Cities Will Be In Asia and Africa by 2030

Tokyo is the undisputed champion of mega-cities. With a population of 37.8 million, it dwarfs second-place Delhi. The Japanese capital has such a big lead in population that even though it’s expected to lose about half a million people over the next 16 years, it will still be the world’s biggest metropolis in 2030, according to a new report by the United Nations:

Here is a list of the Top 10 "mega-cities" by population in 2014 and projected in 2030.

 

 

 

Some of the mega-cities on the 2014 list aren't projected to rank as high in 2030 ... For example, New York, Osaka, and Sao Paulo will no longer make the top 10, and Mexico City will barely hang on as the sole representative outside of Asia and Africa.

This projection reflects the major shift driven by the urbanization in Asia and Africa, particularly in India (404 million projected new city dwellers by 2030), China (292 million), and Nigeria (212 million).

Why is the balance shifting so radically? Mostly because the rest of the world is already highly urbanized, while Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90% of the world’s remaining rural population.

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China - Twenty Years Ago and Now

Had a quick stop-over in Beijing and got to visit to the Great Wall of China.

 

 

Interesting to see how modern China is becoming.

 

My first visit to China was in the 1990s. A lot has changed (mostly for the better).

 

Here is a picture that compares today's Shanghai with what it looked like twenty years ago.

 

 

Progress.

 

 

Misled by a Map: The True Size of Africa Might Surprise You

Here is jigsaw graphic that shows the size of Africa relative to other countries.

 

via Kai Krause.

 

This video from the second season of "West Wing" presents other misleading map distortions. 

 

 

 

Interesting stuff ...  Click here for more.

 

Here Are Some Links to Start Your Week

We just passed the five-year anniversary of economic stimulus.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Are We Alone in the Universe? (NYTimes)
• Some of the Most Plausible Scenarios for Alien Civilizations. (Io9)
• Lockheed Martin Working on a Spy Plane that Can Fly Anywhere on Earth—in an Hour. (Newser)
• The Future of Health Tech Is Going to Try to Improve Your Life In 2014. (TechCrunch)
• Six Famous Thought Experiments, Animated in 60 Seconds Each. (Brain Pickings)

 

Trading Links:

• Are Banks Obsolete? (Forbes)
• How close are we to the self-driving car age? (The New Yorker)
• Drone Deliveries May Be a Sideshow to Amazon’s Real Ambition for the Skies. (Quartz)
• Why colonize planets when you can colonize outer space? (Dvorak)
• A “Future-Hunter” Examines the Dangers of Stock Trading at the Speed of Light. (ScientificAmerican)

Hans Rosling: Here's How Data Can Solve the World's Most Challenging Problems

Swedish academic and Gapminder Foundation co-founder Hans Rosling says data doesn't always back up our conceptions about the world.

In the video, below, Rosling explains that our ideas about developed and developing countries largely reflect the reality of fifty years ago, rather than today.

   

This video, The River of Myth, was released to coincide with Bill Gates' annual letter, and shares its emphasis on the power of measuring to achieve progress.

  

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How Long Does it Take to Earn $1M in Different Countries?

How long would it take for an average person to earn a million dollars?

To find out, the Economist looked at how much the main breadwinner in an average household makes each year (before tax).

 

 

On this measure, America creates the swiftest millionaires, and also the most (around 5m households, or 4% of the total). South of the border, Mexicans can expect to work for three centuries to earn the same amount.

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