When you look at all the maps together you wonder where we are headed. Perhaps to a world increasingly densely populated being served MaDonald's hamburgers, and run by coaches.
Friday, January 31, 2014
World Views
Data is amazing. There are so many ways to present information. Sometimes how it is presented makes a greater impact than expected. These maps may have some influence on how you see the world.
It seems interesting that the United States claims to be a Christian nation. Family values are so important to us. Yet almost EVERY other country and ALL INDUSTRIALIZED countries allow paid sick leave for new mothers. Allowing time for them to care for and bond with their new babies. Here it is either take time off without pay or drop that kid out and get him to a child care facility and get back to work.
This map raises some questions. First, do you think most of the people living in Africa are lucky? No McDonald's for them. Second, why is a McDonald's burger so fucking expensive in Norway?
The current world population is 7 billion. It means that the relatively small area in the circle contains over 3.5 billion people. It looks more impressive this way: 3,500,000,000.
This is a sad statement on our national priorities. In 40 of our 50 states the top paid public employee in the state coaches a sporting team
This one raises more questions than it answers. Population density can be a huge social problem. Crocadile Dundee probably had it wrong when he referred to New York as one of the happiest places on earth because all those folks had chosen to live together in that small area. At the same time with land that produces crops being taken over by urban sprawl the Houson model is even more frightening.
The last map is divided by color. Each of the colors represents a population of one billion humans. It is interesting to see how they are concentrated.
When you look at all the maps together you wonder where we are headed. Perhaps to a world increasingly densely populated being served MaDonald's hamburgers, and run by coaches.
When you look at all the maps together you wonder where we are headed. Perhaps to a world increasingly densely populated being served MaDonald's hamburgers, and run by coaches.
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ReplyDeleteRemoved because it just plain wasn't good enough. Sometime the brain kicks in then the filter, sometimes the filter and then the brain, sometimes the filter and no brain, and sometimes the brain and no filter.
DeleteNot sure if it was Twain or Disreaeli or whoever, but any number, statistic or in your examples, graphics and maps can point to anything the user of those want to emphasize. Interesting items, Jeffrey, and food for thought. DId you see the misspellings in the McDonald/s graphic? You would think there were levels of people to check such things out, but apparently their zeal to get it out overcame their restraint to make sure it was all grammatically sound. Good stuff to consider. Thanks, Mr. Sutor. Oh, and Nancy and I were to imperfect, too tired and too ignorant to raise good kids. Sometimes we get lucky. Thanks for all your comments.
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