Wednesday, July 05, 2006

EARTH -- A new Perspective


THESE NUMBERS ADD UP

If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining, what would this tiny diverse village look like?

That's exactly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to find out. This is what he found:


57 would be Asian
21 would be European
14 would be from the Western Hemisphere
8 would be African
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's wealth, and these 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 pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer


PERSPECTIVE IS IMPORTANT!

Thanks to Erin M., in NC, to Bart, a "slightly insane, very tired, but reasonably perceptive guy" in the Netherlands, and to the folks at coping.org for this post.

8 comments:

Annie Jeffries said...

Very sobering, Pepek. I linked this to my blog. People need to see this reality check. Thank you.

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

But really, we already KNEW this, didn't we....?

Pixletwin said...

I feel sorry for the 11th homosexual... One really is the loneliest number. I hope she's not the one who is pregnant, college grad, with a computer who is near death....

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

lol. Pix, you're SOMETHING! I don't know what, but...funny, anyway.

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

PS If you have a computer, you're never lonely. Assuming it's working, of course.

Nienke Hinton said...

I'm curious what these numbers were, say, 100 years ago. I fear they will be the same or more startling going forward.

Tammy Brierly said...

WOW! That was interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

Miss Robyn said...

well at least there may be a witch among the non christians.... I wonder?