My OperaThe Whole World as a Village of 100 People
Sunday, February 5, 2006 1:52:37 PM
Tom Geddie wrote an article about Corporate Cultures titled Moving Communication Across Cultures that was published in Communication World, Apr/May99, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p37. In this article, he stated "If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would like this:"
There would be
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 From the Western Hemisphere (north and south)
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white, 30 white
70 would be non-Christian, 30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual, 11 homosexual
59 % of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I don't know about you, but this certainly put things in perpective for me.
There would be
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 From the Western Hemisphere (north and south)
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white, 30 white
70 would be non-Christian, 30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual, 11 homosexual
59 % of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I don't know about you, but this certainly put things in perpective for me.
You must be 
It's Sabrina!Sabrina3363 # Monday, February 6, 2006 3:39:44 AM
John..lokutus-prime lokutus-prime # Monday, February 6, 2006 10:47:34 AM
Yes, looking at it in the context you describe it does ´focus the mind´.
Whenever I travel I always see the ´contrast´ between the things I perceive, in my own town, my own country, my own environment, so to say, and those other things in the ´foreign´ place in which I find myself. The contrasts range from similar to disimilar, depending on how far (or where) I travel.
That is not a judgment of other cultures or indeed a lauding of my own. It is a perception (not the whole truth, for one must live in such areas, sharing the culture, to understand more about the ´why´ and the ´how´of things) and like all perceptions should be ´mentally sieved´ for greater clarity. Sadly, we often see only the surface of such ´differences´and even then some of us see only what we want to see.
Thank you. K4, for raising an important topic, stimulating my response.
Love & best wishes.
lokutus,
Madrid
Spain
SC.sagar # Monday, February 6, 2006 11:33:45 AM
Very interesting facts indeed!
ALLY G.ALLY_G # Monday, February 6, 2006 3:20:23 PM
that is a very good post with insteresting facts and a new point of view.
Love
Elke
Kay FourKayFour # Monday, February 6, 2006 4:21:46 PM
When I read the article, I realized that maybe the world isn't quite as I pictured it.
Welcome to my blog, Sabrina and Sagar.
Hello to Elke and Lokutus.
Love,
K4
Words # Tuesday, February 7, 2006 12:04:18 AM
Kay FourKayFour # Tuesday, February 7, 2006 1:53:56 AM
Oh my gosh! My village is too small!
algillman # Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:19:22 PM