Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.
From Peter Diamandis
Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'
Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.
The reason we care so much about what happens to the likes of Lady Gaga is not because her shenanigans will ever impact our lives; rather because our brain doesn't realize there's a difference between rock stars we know about and relatives we know.
Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.
In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.
Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers.
By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty.
It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us.
In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent.
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