the world is actually getting better
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How's the world going to be in 2020? This infographic presents the essential statistics of the 2011 State of Future report in a fun and retro-futuristic way.TRANSCRIPT
The World Is Actually Getting BetterDespite All Those Crappy News...
But why?Adult literacy
0% 100 %
2020
2010
GDP/capita (/100)
0 100
2020
2010
50 %
50
School enrollment, secondary
0% 100 %
2020
201050 %
Life expectancy
0 100
2020
201050
Internet users
0% 100 %
2020
201050 %
!!!But don’t you ever forget the climate change...
Because we might be going to hell!
CO2 emissions (mmt)
0 100
2020
201050
And there’s also an estimate of more terrorism victims, more corruption, more refugees and lower voting turnouts! The gap between the rich and poor is widening.
Women in parliaments
0% 100 %
2020
2010
Physicians per 1,000 people (*10)
0 100
2020
2010
50 %
50
Malnutrition
0% 100 %
2020
201050 %
Infant mortality % / 1,000 births
0 % 100 %
2020
201050 %
Debt % / GNI *10
0% 100 %
2020
201050 %
We are also succesfully fighting HIV, increasingR & D budgets and reducing population growth.
Infographic by 15/30 Research Helsinki, Finland [email protected]
Source: State of the Future 2011 by The Millennium Project (Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon and Elizabeth Florescu)millennium-project.orgAccording to the source, the planet is getting warmer.
The Syndic by C.M
. Kornbluth (1953)
Ever-increasing innovation Ever-increasing complexity
Danger! Food prices might be soon astronomical as well!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011