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IP: A Thought Provoking Summary
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 21:34:07 -0400
From: ejones () hooked net (Earle Jones) Dave: FYI ========== A Thought Provoking Summary If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people. With all existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (North and South) and 8 Africans. 51 would be female; 49 would be male 70 would be nonwhite; 30 white. 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian. 50% 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. Only 1 would have a college education. No one would own a computer. When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent. -- From *Tracing* May 15, 96 (A Newsletter of the University Library University of California, San Diego) Thought you might be interested. __ __/\_\ /\_\/_/ \/_/\_\ earle \/_/ jones
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