What will our world be like next week?

[Banjoman]

I've had a lot of comments from those I've shown this to. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

EDIT: The site contains a six minute slide show from You Tube entitled "Did You Know" or "Shift Happens". It demonstrates how the growth rate of knowledge, population and technology is possibly shifting world leadership from west to east. It is produced by Howie DiBlasi of the Durango School District, Durango Colorado. Special thanks to Hobbit for providing alternate media for an updated version here:

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/200...-you-know.html
http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/ara...didyouknow.ppt
http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/ara...didyouknow.mp3

[F8L]

I've seen it a few times over the summer and it is a pretty neat video. Thank you for posting it here.

Last week during my college's "People and Cultures Day", we had a bit "World Population" sign in front of the Associated Students office and we would update the World's and U.S.A.'s population ever hour. During the days of Wed. and Thursday there was an average of 9,000 people born EVERY HOUR in the world. The U.S. came in at an average of 330 people born per hour. To me that is a staghering figure even though I'm very aware of our planet's population dynamics.

What I also find scary is the increase in human consumption rates. While the U.S. was only growing by 330 people per hour, the consumption rate of the majority of those people will be very high compared to the global average which means they will consume a disproportionate amount of finite resources.

Here is a cool little slide show from NOVA that shows population from 2,000yrs ago to present.

Here are the population clocks.

I also wanted to add that in about 1yr we have added 3,235,619 people into the U.S.... Ouch! lol

[pogo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(banjoman @ Oct 28 2007, 05:55 PM) [snapback]531735[/snapback]</div>

I've had a lot of comments for those I've shown this to. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI
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What do I think? It would have been nice if you had summarized the thing instead of posting a link to an idiotic youtube slideshow. Would have been nicer still to know what the source of the "information" is.

[Banjoman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pogo @ Oct 28 2007, 07:16 PM) [snapback]531752[/snapback]</div>

Would have been nicer still to know what the source of the "information" is.
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When you go the the youtube site to view the posting, there is an updated version listed just to the right of the youtube screen that has a full set of credits. I like the version posted as it is more direct to my point than the updated one albeit sans credits.

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(banjoman @ Oct 28 2007, 09:25 PM) [snapback]531755[/snapback]</div>

When you go the the youtube site to view the posting, there is an updated version listed just to the right of the youtube screen that has a full set of credits. I like the version posted as it is more direct to my point than the updated one albeit sans credits. [/b]

But the point is we shouldn't just be posting pointers to outside stuff...esp. 6 minute videos...without some sort of summary of what the link points to, why you think it's significant, what you've done to confirm it's validity, etc. Of course the specifics vary be the type of post but it's not really appropriate to just post a youtube link. I know others have done so in the past, but it doesn't make it right.
Perhaps you could edit your original post to include such data.

[Banjoman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 28 2007, 07:33 PM) [snapback]531760[/snapback]</div>

But the point is we shouldn't just be posting pointers to outside stuff...esp. 6 minute videos...without some sort of summary of what the link points to, why you think it's significant, what you've done to confirm it's validity, etc. Perhaps you could edit your original post to include such data.
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Forgive me Dr. for I have sinned. Edit performed as penance.

[hobbit]

and for those of us who don't mess with flash for any number of
reasons, youtube links are even more useless. If you had a direct
link to a standard format video file, like a generic mpeg, that
would be different. If people finally wised up next week and
.FLV and other half-ass invented-in-a-vacuum formats were not worth
supporting anymore, what would our world be like? More productive
at the workplace, I bet..
.
_H*

[F8L]

Aren't we being a little harsh here?

[hobbit]

[after a little thrashing around...] how about simply posting a
pointer to the original material??
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/200...-you-know.html
http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/.../didyouknow.ppt
http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/.../didyouknow.mp3
.
and in this case, the FLV can be directly had via one redirect hop
from
http://cache.googlevideo.com/get_vid...id=xHWTLA8WecI
skipping all the youtube player nonsense.
.
sheesh
.
_H*

[galaxee]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Oct 28 2007, 11:04 PM) [snapback]531774[/snapback]</div>

More productive at the workplace, I bet..
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when your workplace follows you around, any distraction is appreciated