2. Relaxed? We are sorry

3. We will try to make you a little unconfortable, presenting facts

4. amazing facts

5. we want you to agree with us that the world is going wild

6. So if you feel the words are going too fast, don’t worry

7. You better get used to run after something faster than you.

8. and me

9. So let’s go. Pay attention

10. In 1750 there were about 800 million people in the world

11. In 1850 there were a billion more

12. By 1950, another billion (3 billion total pop)

13. And then it took just 50 years to double it to 6 billions

14. half of the world’s population is under 25 years of age

15. Just a little more than 100 years ago, radio was predicted to have no future

16. At the same time, havier-than-air flying machines were predicted impossible

17. In the early 20th century a world market for only 4 million automobiles was made because...

18. "the world would run out of chauffeurs."

19. The telephone was not apreciated by the British Parliament because...

20. "we have enough messengers here"

21. In 1793, Dr. Dionysius Lardner didn't believe that trains could contribute much in speedy transport.

22. "Rail travel at high speed is not possible, because passengers ' would die of asphyxia'

23. :)

24. You know... sometimes size does matter

25. Like in a country of 1.300.000.000 of population

26. If you’re “ one in a million” in China

27. Hey, there are 1300 just like you

28. In India, there are 1100 just like you

29. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s

30. Is greater than the total population of North America

31. In India, it’s the top 28%

32. In other words: they have more honors kids than we have kids

33. China will soon become the #1 English speaking country in the world

34. And if you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China

35. China would still have a labor surplus

36. During the course of this presentation

38. The world's average school year is 200 days per year.

39. In the US, 180 days in Sweden, 170 days in Japan, 243 days

40. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s student will acumulate 10-14 jobs

41. By the age of 38

42. Let’s speed it up a little

43. We are trying to stress you :)

44. Here we go. Pay attention.

45. 1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company for less than one year

46. and 1 out of 2 are working for a company for less than five years

47. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004

48. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist

49. Using technologies that haven’t been invented

50. In order to solve problems

51. we don’t even know are problems yet!

52. ready for more?

53. ok

54. Name this country

56. England

57. In 1900 :)

58. The U.S. position in the world in broadband Internet penetration?

59. 20 th (behind Luxembourg)

60. There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK

61. Nintendo investment in research and development?

62. U$170 million

63. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing

64. On average in the West, people move house every 7 years

65. 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online

66. There are over 130 million registered users of MySpace

67. The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day

68. You do know what MySpace is, right?

69. We are living in exponential times

70. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month

71. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)

72. The number of text messages sent and received every day ?

73. Let’s just say it exceeds the population of the planet

74. Now there are about 540,000 words in the English language

75. About 5 times as many as during Shakespeare’s time

76. More than 3000 new books are published

77. Daily

78. It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times

79. Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18 th century

80. It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 10 18 ) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year

81. That’s more than in the previous 5000 years

82. The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years

83. That means for a student starting a 4 year degree

84. Half of what they learn in their first year will be outdated by their 3rd year of study

85. Third generation fiber optics has recently been tested by NEC and Alcatel

86. That pushes 10 trillion bps down one strand of fiber

87. That’s 1,900 CDs or 150 million simultaneous phone calls every second

88. Predictions are that e-paper will be cheaper than real paper

89. 47 million laptops were shipped worldwide last year

90. The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped countries

91. Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will exceed the capability of the Human Brain

92. By 2023, a $1000 computer will exceed the capabilities of the Human Brain

93. And while technical predictions farther out than 15 years are hard to do

94. By 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race

95. By age 65, an American would have watched the equivalent of 9 years uninterrupted screening

96. And finally, our eyes were always the same size but our nose and ears never stop growing

97. What does it all mean?

98. Shift Happens

99. Now you may relax again. Thank you.