And realise how lucky we are whilst we tear lumps out of each other in the Paddock.
If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 Americans(North, Central and South)
8 Africans
There would be:
52 women and 48 men
30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 Christiansand 70 non-Christians
89 heterosexuals and11 homosexuals
6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA
80 would live in poverty
70 would be illiterate
50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
1 would be dying
1 would be being born
1 would own a computer
1 (yes, only one) would have a university degree
If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.
If you can go to your place of worship without fear that
Someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than
3 billion (that’s right) people.
If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.
If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married, you’re a rare individual.
If you publish a post saying that Obama is a crap POTUS and the USA should get rid of all gun controls you will receive 200 death messages by Private Message within 1 hour. All of them will originate in California.
If you are reading this message,you’re extremely lucky, because someone is thinking of you and because you don’t comprise one of those 2 billion people who can’t read.
PS I did not originate this piece. I obtained it courtesy of the Jimcrack National Archive of Useful Statistics
If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 Americans(North, Central and South)
8 Africans
There would be:
52 women and 48 men
30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 Christiansand 70 non-Christians
89 heterosexuals and11 homosexuals
6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA
80 would live in poverty
70 would be illiterate
50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
1 would be dying
1 would be being born
1 would own a computer
1 (yes, only one) would have a university degree
If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.
If you can go to your place of worship without fear that
Someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than
3 billion (that’s right) people.
If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.
If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married, you’re a rare individual.
If you publish a post saying that Obama is a crap POTUS and the USA should get rid of all gun controls you will receive 200 death messages by Private Message within 1 hour. All of them will originate in California.
If you are reading this message,you’re extremely lucky, because someone is thinking of you and because you don’t comprise one of those 2 billion people who can’t read.
PS I did not originate this piece. I obtained it courtesy of the Jimcrack National Archive of Useful Statistics
