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World In Perspective

"If we could shrink the Earths population to a village of precisely 100
people, with all the existing human ratios staying the same, it would look
something like the following. There would be : 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14
from the western hemisphere, both north and south, 8 Africans; 52 would be
female, 48 would be male; 70 would be non white, 30 would be white; 70
would be non Christian, 30 would be Christian; 89 would be heterosexual 11
would be homosexual.

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth... and all 6 would
be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing; 70 would be unable to read; 50 would
suffer from malnutrition. 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth; 1
(yes only 1) would have a college education. 1 would own a computer (a year
ago no one owned a computer).
How could the wealthy 6 live in peace with their neighbors? Surly they
would be driven to arm themselves against the other 94... perhaps even to
spend as Americans do , about twice as much per person on military defense
as the total income of two thirds of the villagers.

When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need
for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent."

By Philip M. Harter, MD Stanford U