>Robert said:
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>> This is way off topic for my school work. I want to chart the human
> condition.
>> Now
>> doesn't that sound auspicious?? Let's just say that I am a bit fascinated by
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>>
>> But first we have to have a list of things that count.
>>
>> My offering is the number of books in print. I think that is an important
>> indicator, and
>> worth charting.
>>
>> Anybody else have any ideas on what counts in the world?
>
>i don't know if the human condition can be charted quantiitavely
>like that (and i'm not even sure that's what you want to do), but
>just off my head, in in much the same vein as your suggestion:
>
>- number of musical recordings in the world (cd, vinyl, tape, cd-rom
>and so on, the whole shit....)
>- number of musical compositions in the world, published and/or
>recorded
>
>- number of movies made in the world since the beginning of moving
>pictures (should be some numbers on that up an running at the
>moment?)
>
>- number of elementary schools in the world today
>- number of universities in the world today
>- number of people going to universities today
>
>and, maybe the other side of the coin:
>
>- number of wars in the world since 1900
>- number of people killed in wars since 1900
>- number of people dead by starvation in the world since 1945 (or
>something)
>
>
>tb
>
Tons of raw sewage produced and dumped in oceans
Acres of rain forest irradicated
Murder rates
Birth rates
The billions of McD's burgers sold
The number of starving people
And how many angels can dance on the head of a pin
tj