World Perspective
Part of the purpose of this class is to put you in a perspective of the whole world. For that reason, consider this information:
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?
60 would be Asian
12 would be European
14 would be from the Americas
13 would be African
15 would speak Mandarin (Chinese)
6 would speak Hindi (Indian)
6 would speak Spanish
6 would speak English
And nearly everyone else would each speak a different language
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 would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, 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 pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
Think of it this way.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are fortunate; more than three billion people in the world can't. And if you can simply read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
-- with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining --
what would this tiny, diverse village look like?
60 would be Asian
12 would be European
14 would be from the Americas
13 would be African
15 would speak Mandarin (Chinese)
6 would speak Hindi (Indian)
6 would speak Spanish
6 would speak English
And nearly everyone else would each speak a different language
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 would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, 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 pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
Think of it this way.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are fortunate; more than three billion people in the world can't. And if you can simply read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
