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    Default The world as a village of 100 people

    "The herd walks off the cliff because the herd are not a group of individuals - the herd is a mass of followers and followers follow the path of cowardice."

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    Default Re: The world as a village of 100 people

    The "If the world were 100 people" thing has been circulating in e-mail (and probably before that in printed form) for a long time.

    And when I get something like that in my e-mail, I take a words from it, copy-paste it into Google, and this website always seems to be amongst the first results.

    http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/populate.htm

    The "100 people" thing is not entirely phony, but also not entirely true, or verifiable, and as you can see, like a lot of chain letters, the details seem to change from version to version.
    Former SCJ now in rehab.

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    Default Re: The world as a village of 100 people

    it's the first time i've seen it, and just like the general message it sends of acceptance, tolerance and kindness. just wanted to share. I swear, am feeling overly sappy today, lol, gotta tear myself away from the 'puter and go feed some orphans or something...
    "The herd walks off the cliff because the herd are not a group of individuals - the herd is a mass of followers and followers follow the path of cowardice."

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    Default Re: The world as a village of 100 people

    There's a number of inaccurate stats in there (the US is only responsible for 25% of global GDP, not 32%, for example), but I suppose all that its creators care about is the sentiment.
    Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

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    Default Re: The world as a village of 100 people

    Quote Originally Posted by Casual Observer
    There's a number of inaccurate stats in there (the US is only responsible for 25% of global GDP, not 32%, for example), but I suppose all that its creators care about is the sentiment.
    Who cares about facts long enough it feels good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deogol
    Who cares about facts long enough it feels good.
    I thought that right up until the lights came on :/
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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