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If you’re If you’re one in a million in in China...China...
...there are ...there are 1,300 people people just like you.just like you.
The The 25% of the of thepopulation in Chinapopulation in China
with the with the highest IQ’s......
In 10 years it is predicted that In 10 years it is predicted that the number one English the number one English
speaking country in the world speaking country in the world will be . . .will be . . .
If you took If you took every single job in job in the U.S. today and shipped it to the U.S. today and shipped it to
China China ......
60 babies will be born in babies will be born in the U.S.the U.S.
244 babies will be born in babies will be born in China.China.
351 babies will be born in babies will be born in India.India.
The U.S. Department of Labor The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learnerestimates that today’s learner
{that’s {that’s YOU}}will have will have 10-14 jobs... jobs...
......1 out of 4 workers today is workers today is working for a company they working for a company they
have beenhave beenemployed byemployed by
for less than one year..
More than More than 1 out of 2 are are working for a company they working for a company they
have worked forhave worked forfor for less than five years. years.
According to former Secretary According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .of Education Richard Riley . . .
...The top 10 in-demand ...The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010jobs in 2010
didn’t exist in 2004.didn’t exist in 2004.
We teachers are currently We teachers are currently preparing students for jobspreparing students for jobs
that don’t yet existthat don’t yet exist...
...that use technologies...that use technologies
thatthat haven’t been haven’t been inventedinvented...
...in order to solve problems ...in order to solve problems
we don’t even know are we don’t even know are problems yetproblems yet.
The U.S. is The U.S. is 20th in the world in in the world in broadband Internet capabilities.broadband Internet capabilities.
((Luxembourg just passed us.))
In 2002 alone Nintendo In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more thaninvested more than
$140 millionin research and development.in research and development.
The U.S. Federal Government The U.S. Federal Government spent spent less than half as much on as much on
Research and Innovation in Research and Innovation in Education.Education.
1 out of every 8 couples couples married in the U.S. last year married in the U.S. last year
met met online..
There are over There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace.registered users of MySpace.
((August 2006))
There are over There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google searches performed on Google
each month.each month.2,700,000,0002,700,000,000
To whom were these To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?questions addressed B.G.?
(Before Google)(Before Google)
The number of text messages The number of text messages sent today... sent today...
exceeds the population of exceeds the population of the planet.the planet.
There are currently about There are currently about 540,000 words words
in the English language...in the English language...
...about ...about 5 times as many as as many as during Shakespeare’s time.during Shakespeare’s time.
More than 3,000 new books More than 3,000 new books were published . . .were published . . .
TodayToday.
...contains ...contains moremore informationinformation than a person was likely to than a person was likely to come across in a come across in a lifetimelifetime in in
the 18the 18thth century. century.
It’s estimated that 40 exabytes It’s estimated that 40 exabytes ((that’s 4.0 x 1019) of unique new ) of unique new information will be generated information will be generated
worldwideworldwide
this year.this year.
...That’s estimated to be ...That’s estimated to be more than in the previous more than in the previous
5,000 years. years.
The amount of new technical The amount of new technical information is information is doubling every
2 years..
Third generation fiber optics Third generation fiber optics has recently been separately has recently been separately tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .
...that pushes...that pushes10 trillion10 trillion bitsbits
per secondper seconddown one strand of fiber.down one strand of fiber.
That’s That’s 1,900 CDs or or150 million simultaneous phone simultaneous phone
callscalls
every secondevery second.
It’s currently It’s currently tripling about about every 6 months and is and is
expected to do so for at least expected to do so for at least the next 20 years.the next 20 years.
The fiber is already there, they’re The fiber is already there, they’re just improving the switches on the just improving the switches on the
ends...ends...
Which means the marginal cost of Which means the marginal cost of these improvements is effectively these improvements is effectively
$0.
The $100 laptop project is The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship betweenexpecting to ship between
50 and and 100 millionlaptops a year to these children.laptops a year to these children.
Kids who have never held a textbook will
now hold the world in their hands and be
connected. . . to you.
Predictions are that by 2013 a Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be builtsupercomputer will be built
thatthat exceeds the computation exceeds the computation capability of the Human Braincapability of the Human Brain...
...By 2023, a ...By 2023, a $1,000 computer computer could exceed the computation could exceed the computation
capability of the Human Brain...capability of the Human Brain...
And while technical predictions And while technical predictions further out than about 15 years further out than about 15 years
are hard to do . . .are hard to do . . .
...Predictions are that by 2049 a ...Predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilitiesthe computational capabilities
of the human race.of the human race.
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
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