Subject: World as 100 People {Insp}
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 02:20:45 EDT
"Priority List"
The six most important words in the English language:
"I admit I made a mistake."
The five most important words:
"You did a good job."
The four most important words:
"What is your opinion?"
The three most important words:
"If you please. "
The two most important words:
"Thank you. "
The one most important word:
"We."
The one least important word:
" I "
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"World as 100 People"
If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village
of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human
ratios remaining the same; the village 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 non-white; 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 from
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
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