Nico Space

I was at a party about a week before I left Cardiff and one of the students in my programme asked me what was the the most important thing I learned this year. I hate picking favourites cause I think everything is important but some of the things one of my profs told us were really interesting. The critical thinking skills he taught us were really, really useful. He also showed us a breakdown of the world, if the world only had a 100 people. I think it was a great way to put things into perspective.
Here is an abbreviated version:

If the World were 100 PEOPLE:
Gender
50 would be female
50 would be male

Age
20 would be 0-14
67 would be 15-64
14 would be 65 and older

Geography
5 would be from North America
9 would be from Latin America & the Caribbean
12 would be from Europe
61 would be from Asia
13 would be from Africa

Religion
31 would be Christian
21 would be Muslim
14 would be Hindu
6 would be Buddhist
12 would believe in other religions
16 would not be religious or identify themselves
as being aligned with a particular faith

First Language
17 would speak Chinese
8 would speak Hindustani
8 would speak English
7 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Russian
3 would speak Bengali
2 would speak Malay-Indonesian
2 would speak French
45 would speak other languages

Overall Literacy
82 would be able to read and write
18 would not

Literacy by Gender
87 males would be able to read and write
13 males would not be able to read and write
77 females would be able to read and write
23 females would not be able to read and write

Education
76 males would have a primary school education
72 females would have a primary school education

66 males would have a secondary school education
63 females would have a secondary school education

1 would have a college education

Urban/Rural
47 would be urban dwellers
53 would be rural dwellers

Drinking Water
83 would have access to safe drinking water
17 would use unimproved water

Food
17 would be undernourished
Infectious Disease
<1% would have HIV/AIDS
<1%would have tuberculosis

Poverty
53 would live on less than 2USD per day
50 would live in poverty

Electricity
69 would have electricity
31 would not

Technology
34 would be cell phone subscribers
17 would be active internet users
1 would own a computer



Since I have a college education and I own a computer I would say I am one of the richest people in the world.
My mom called me this morning and told me that she met someone who knows my friend's boyfriend that lives in the United States. I thought to myself what a small world! But then I thought, what a small rich world. I know he has a college education and owns a computer. So we mix with the same small percentage of very rich.