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The original version of following video was released approximately 12 years ago, and when it was, my then-AP Lang class had to watch, think and respond to it in a very Lang-like way. I mean, like, by exaining the rhetorical strategies the video used, the appeals, etc.
I was super lame back then, because by assigning this as work, I negated some of the power of just absorbing the information. Live and learn, I guess.
In any case, the more enlightened version of me now realizes that there is more to be gained if I have you watch it, and then respond as you fit. Your ideas, opinions, criticisms etc.
That is, are you shocked? Did it change anything about how you view the world and the ever-changing landscape of technology and innovation? Is this old news?
Lastly, below the link to the newest video is the original--the one I used in Lang all those years ago. The soundtrack and statistics are different, and that alone is worth watching both videos because it gives you a tangible sense of how quickly times change, just in the time that YOU have been on the planet.
Watch, learn, and be amazed, entertained or at last occupied by your own statistical histories.
2018 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06BXgWbGvA
2006 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
I was super lame back then, because by assigning this as work, I negated some of the power of just absorbing the information. Live and learn, I guess.
In any case, the more enlightened version of me now realizes that there is more to be gained if I have you watch it, and then respond as you fit. Your ideas, opinions, criticisms etc.
That is, are you shocked? Did it change anything about how you view the world and the ever-changing landscape of technology and innovation? Is this old news?
Lastly, below the link to the newest video is the original--the one I used in Lang all those years ago. The soundtrack and statistics are different, and that alone is worth watching both videos because it gives you a tangible sense of how quickly times change, just in the time that YOU have been on the planet.
Watch, learn, and be amazed, entertained or at last occupied by your own statistical histories.
2018 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06BXgWbGvA
2006 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
I decided to watch the 2006 version before I watched the 2018 version to see how things have changed in chronological order. I was not really shocked with the changes because I anticipated the technological advancements made, and that is pretty much the only significant change mentioned in the videos. What did surprise me though was how small the United States is population-wise compared to other places like China and India. Those two countries have so many more people than the U.S. that it is mind-blowing to just picture over 250 babies being born every 5 minutes in China and almost 400 every 5 minutes in India.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was pretty interesting that China is predicted to be the number one English speaking country. It is fascinating because I think a lot of people assume that you have to live in North America to be fluent in English. Almost every student in Albania takes English classes, and they are proficient by the time they get out of middle school. I think people in other countries such as India and China take their education more seriously than the people that live in America. Most of them realize how important getting an education is, and that it is a privilege. A lot of people in Oakcrest believe that their education is not important and they don't even bother showing up to class or even to school in general. The reason why I am so thankful for my education and living in America is because I know what it is like for other people in places that have it way harder than we do. I complain about walking a block to my bus stop, but my dad walked a few miles every morning to get to school and back. There are so many honors students in India that it is so shocking. It makes me happy knowing that there are smart kids everywhere in the world, not just the ones born and raised in America.
Well, holy shit. I don't know if I am excited or terrified. I think it's crazy that during the course of the 4 minute and 36 second video, 395 babies were born in India alone. What's even more crazy is that it is predicted that by 2049, there will be a computer that exceeds the computational capabilities of the entire human species. That is the part that scares me- the fact that a piece of technology will exceed what every single one of us is capable of. The rate of growth in this world amazes me. However, I was surprised by the difference between technology statistics in 2006 and 2018. I was expecting a more drastic increase. I was surprised to see that in 2006, the statistics were still pretty high.
ReplyDeleteI’m already creeped out and it’s been 20 seconds into the 2006 video. 1,100 people in India that are just like me? No thank you. I am shocked with how much technology was on the rise in 2006. I mean I know that we weren’t living like cavemen in 2006, but still. I definitely didn’t know that technology was being used so much that MySpace would be the 11th largest country. The fact that students were being taught on how to do jobs that weren’t even created yet, dealing with technology that wasn’t invented yet is mind boggling. I thought that that was more of a recent thing, not something that was happening 12 years ago. Maybe I’m surprised with the depth of the technology in 2006 because I was only 6 years old so I wasn’t really exposed to it, but if that was only 2006 then I can’t imagine what the 2018 video is about to tell me.
ReplyDeleteChina will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world???? That’s insane. India has more honors kids than America has kids???? Even more insane. I thought America was huge. So for there to be more HONORS kids in India than the total number of kids in America is wild. Like damn, good for them. That’s a lot of smart kids. The 2018 video definitely shows more of an increase in social media users, which I’m not at all shocked about.
On another note, I just watched the 2028 video for fun, and let me just say…Wow.
I wasn’t really shocked by anything I heard besides the fact that China is expected to be the number one speaking country and the amount of google searches per month went from around 2 billion to 30 something billion. The fact that India has more honors kids than America wasn’t a shocker for me just because I’ve been to India and I’ve seen how seriously children their take their education and value. In India they also learn at a quicker pace so like the stuff we do here in 7th grade they’ll probably be doing it in 6th grade. Still whenever I go to India, people tell me I’m lucky to go to school in America because to them, everything is better here. The amount of people that now depend on Google compared to 2006 was a shocker to me because I didn’t expect such a drastic change in number even though I definitely did expect a larger number in 2018. I mean everything we do is online now, sometimes i’ll ask a teacher for help and they’ll tell me “look it up.” “Look it up” is almost the answer to everything.. So much has changed in 2018, but at the same time so little has changed. It’s just amazing thinking about how much as changed and how much still hasn’t changed.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was watching this video, my jaw dropped a few times. I knew that China had a lot of people before watching both videos but I never know how populated India was. The fact that during the duration of the first video, it said that 351 babies will be born verses 60 babies in the United States amazes me. My mom compared the statistics to rabbits reproducing and that wasn't a bad analogy. I don't understand how a country that looks so small on the map can hold so many people. Holy crap. Also, I found it very interesting that China will be the number 1 speaking English country. That means China will surpass the United States, a country that prides itself on English being the 'official' language.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found interesting on the education and technology side is how many jobs I will have before I'm 38. 10-14? That's a whole lot of fillers. I'm going on my 3rd season/2nd year at my job, I started when I was 16. That means I have surpassed the 1 in 4 statistic but have not met the 1 in 2 statistic. I just think it's weird that I'll have more than dozen jobs before I'm in my 40s. Also, the fact that this generation is learning how to handle problems that don't even exist yet is mind blowing. Why we aren't teaching this generation how to handle problems that do exist is beyond me but at least we're getting ready for [far] future, right? Lastly, the internet searches really caught my eye. We are searching on Google 11.5 times more now than we were in 2004. The fact that we have that much to search is not only crazy but interesting.
The world is changing and a lot of my thoughts are now changed because of this video.
Videos like the ones I just watched have always interested me for some reason. I always try to find videos like that on youtube when I’m bored because they are always interesting and cool to watch. It’s crazy to see how fast times changes in the world and how different things can become. It’s cool to see in the 2006 video that myspace was the most popular social media and then go to the current video and see that myspace is forgotten and that Twitter and Facebook have taken over. What shocked me was the amount of people being born during the course of the video. It’s crazy to think that so many people are being born in such a short amount of time but it’s true.
ReplyDeleteWhat doesn’t surprise me is that India and China are basically smarter countries than the United States. They take their education more serious than us and they do things different leading to smarter people. We still have millions of smart people here, but it just doesn’t compare to the amount of people in India or China. The more serious an education is taken the smarter the people in that Country will be.
Technology and information we are learning is also increasing at an astounding rate right before our eyes. It seems like robots will soon be taking over the world after watching the videos. Computers and machines will have more knowledge than the human race in the near future; that’s really crazy. It’s also pretty scary at the same time. There is so much information to be known out there and it’s really amazing.These videos didn’t really change the way I view the world but it opened my eyes to a lot of new information that I didn’t know before. It doesn’t matter if you think change is good or bad, it’s approaching rapidly whether you like it or not.
After watching both videos I am both surprised and not surprised. The way that technology is always evolving doesn’t surprise me. I found it funny how MySpace was the most popular website in the 2006 version considering I remember my brother going on it frequently and I never actually owned one. One of the things that really blew my mind is when the video mentioned that students are preparing for jobs that don’t exist and are leaning how to use technology that doesn’t exist for problems we don’t yet have. This is absolutely mind boggling to know that people are preparing for the future to this extent. Another thing that peaked my interest is that in the 2018 version 1 in every 8 married couple met online. This again shows how much technology has advanced since 2006. Finding out that China is almost the number one English speaking country and that India has more honors kids than America doesn’t necessarily surprise me. When you live in a certain area your whole life you want to believe that that place is the best place in Earth. Not many people realize how big China is in population and that includes me. Realizing that if you are 1 in a million then there are 1,300 people just like you in China and that really makes a statement. Overall these stats will only get larger and larger especially since technology is getting more and more advanced. By this time in 5 years for all we know Twitter could be the most popular website out there.
ReplyDeleteIt’s no surprise to me that we, as a human race, rely on technology so much more. I honestly feel that technology is meant to be relied on. It’s simply up to us as a human race to make sure that we don’t abuse the power of technology as much as we do now. Also, to make sure that we respect the power that technology has over everybody so in other words- with great power comes great responsibility. We don’t want the thing that we created to kill us in the future. It’s one of the reasons that I’m so invested into media now. Media has so much power in all aspects because we know how to persuade. Media has the ability to make peace, create chaos and control a room full of people. Nearly everybody has a phone and can access anything with it in today’s age. And that’s what the problem is at least in the US. We’ve become so dependent of using technology that we forgot how to handle situations without using technology. That’s why countries like China and India are so far ahead of us in terms of country development. Of course they depend on technology for some things but not ALL things. In other terms, they found the balance. The United States haven’t and everyday, stray further away from manual labor. It’s a problem that needs to be fixed. My solution would be to fight fire with fire and fix the technology problem with technology. In the sense that we can use media to persuade all to start using their brains more.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see how much these statistics changed, yet at the same time, I’m not really surprised. It’s pretty obvious that there are a lot more Google searches these days compared to 2006 when I rarely used the internet and played around as a first-grader. However, it’s just crazy to see 2.7 billion searches per month jump to 31 billion per month (that’s a lot!). Nowadays, internet access is so much more widespread in comparison to twelve years ago with the evolution of cell phones, iPads, etc. The world relies so heavily on technology in everything (school, work, social media, etc.), and Google has become our best friends when it comes to discovering things which we can now do in seconds. It’s crazy to think that a $1,000 computer can exceed the capabilities of the human brain, and I wonder who the genius was to figure that out. When I think about that, it’s kind of sad actually, but it has its pros and cons.
ReplyDeleteI actually had no idea that China will soon be the number one English-speaking country in the world, but China is the most populous country in the world so it makes sense. I never realized, however, exactly how populous India is. I always knew that India has a large population, but learning that 395 babies were born in India compared to the 274 in China during the course of the video was surprising. It makes me wonder if China really is the most populated country in the world.
After watching the two videos, there’s no suprise to me the numbers and statistics the video displayed. This world is constantly evolving and constantly using technology more and more. However, I did enjoy actually seeing the facts and the comparisons of the countries. Some things that did stick out to me is how India has more honor kids then we do. I believe this is because education means more to them there than it means to us. I believe households there enforce the value of education and the importance of it. Another thing that stuck out to me is how facebook is now available in more than 70 languages. This wasn’t a shocker for me either because I feel like the world runs on social media. Nowadays there’s very few people who don’t use it. Clubs, organizations, companies, etc. use it. I feel like facebook would be selling their self short if they didn’t allow it to be in a variety of languages. It’s cool to see how the world is growing and how even though every country is at a different pace we are all growing some how.
ReplyDeleteThe sad reality of those facts caught me off guard. I didn't realize the state that the country is in. I often hear about the unemployment rate but that is just one statistic, seeing all these stats really brings to light how bad the U.S.'s employment really is. It is funny to think that we as a country are the best in the world when other countries have statistics better than us when it comes to education and employment. Maybe America isn't so great after all. The video displayed how in ways we've taken steps back and in other, technological aspects, have taken steps forward. All in all the 2018 video was very alarming and brought to my attention facts I was not previously aware of.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing that I got from the videos is that we are as a species a lot more prepared for the world ahead. Also, it is frightening how much it seems like other countries are way more superior in statistics and education then the U.S. My immediate reaction is just pure shock factor. The comparisons in the video was shocking and honestly unbelievable. I was not surprised by the statistics that were produced through India and china. I know with their higher population they could almost always double the U.S. Social media is taking over our world as well. Much superior to every other thing in this world, more than half the population occupies social media, which is an unbelievable statistic. It has become a greater way of advertising things and getting a large celebrity following. This all wraps into one thing. The U.S is going to be a very technology based, I.Q based society in the upcoming decades.
ReplyDeleteI am going to start off by saying that I have watched the 2006 one first and then the 2018, cause that just seemed like the right order to go into. and I have bad comprehension so for me and I felt like i watched basically the same exact video. if there were any differences they were too minor for me to be able to tell. but what I think about the whole thing is that is kind of like a shame to look at some of those number comparisions for some of those countrys. the part where they were talking about like which countries are more educated and having the best technology. and how basically what we were learning now in school is pointless because it will be "outdated" in a few years. so that just makes me wonder. even before I watched this video I wondered what is really so important about a high school diploma or attending college. I just see it as a piece of paper or a spot to fill up on your resume. so maybe some people should wonder too is going to school for all these years really worth it when the jobs most of you are going for will be soon taken over by computers or why should you go to schools when there are tons a successful people out there who never even went to school.
ReplyDeleteI watched the 2006 version before i watched the newer one. This was very interesting and kinda scary. its insane to think that china will be the number one speaking country in the world soon and its not even their first language. On top of that India has more honors students than the U.S has students. We need to step up our game, big time. what scared me was the fact that by 2049 the world will have a super computer that will exceed the computation capability of the entire human species, I wonder what sort of new jobs and old jobs will be created and lost in the past.
ReplyDeleteI watched the 2006 version first in order to get a base line to be able to see the overall differences. I picked up on a few things, but the main one is that although this world is changing around us, some things will stay the same. Some of the statistics stayed basically the same and some of the predictions were true while others were a little bit off/postponed. Meanwhile some of the stats blew my mind at how much they changed. If nothing else this video proved that so much is going on around us and it is impossible for us to keep up with it. It shined a light on how much technology has taken over our life. So many text messages are being sent, so many tweets being tweeted, and still so many people are using Facebook..
ReplyDeleteEven though this video shocked me in a few ways it hasn't exactly changed the way i look at things in life., Yes it opened my eyes to new stats but it hasn't really changed me.
Shift happens ( ha see what I did there). Everyday the world is evolving. Technology itself is a scary thing. Now there are robots who have twitter accounts and interact with people on a daily basis. The facts in these videos were mind boggling. Can you actually image a $1,000 computer exceeding the capabilities of a human brain. This video has me a little worried about the future. Actually it has me very worried. Everything we already do is computerized. We depend so much on technology. I mean I’ve seen people use calculators do to simple math like 4x9. It's easier to do that to take a second to do that in your head. It's going to get to a point where we cannot live without it. Where we are completely dependent on it. One thing that didn't surprise me that China and India are superior to the US when it comes to education. I didn't realize how much until the video pointed out that India has more honors kids than America has kids. All of this information is being shared through technology. We are watching this video on our phones, tablets, and computer. All of this begs the question of how people lived life before all of these technological advances. My mom didn't grow up with flat screen tvs, or an Iphone. Now you can find an Iphone in just about every classroom. I feel like this is a good and bad thing. Better technology leads to opportunities but also consumes us into a virtual reality kind of world.
ReplyDeleteAll of the information in this video was eye opening to me. It made me realize that I’m not aware enough of what is going on in the world. I should start paying attention more and watching global news.
ReplyDeleteI always had an idea about china being all around smarter than us but I never knew actual statistics. Its amazing to me that 25% of the population in china with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of north America.
The fact that the top 10 of demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004 proves that the world is constantly changing. Teachers are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist because students are the future. With every new generation comes new inventions. The way of life is not the same as when our parents grew up. Back then it was not common to meet people on line and date them. Now it is very common. 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S last year met online. which also creates more problems such as kidnapping.
When watching this video I was extremely shocked by a lot of the information that I was seeing. The fact that only 60 babies were born in the U.S compared to the almost 250 babies being born in China and even more in India was mind-bottling. Back in 2006 things were so much different compared to how things are today. MySpace was the biggest social media phenomenon but now in this day and age with social media such as facebook, instagram, and snapchat; the amount of MySpace users seems minuscule. Also when it said that the amount of text messages sent and received each day is more than the Earth's population I was stunned because that number is dramatically bigger now because people are using more technology.
ReplyDeleteDuring the video it also claimed that China and India's IQ is way higher than the U.S and that that 25% is large than our whole population which is crazy. I thought the U.S was always on toip of everybody back then but obviously that's not even close to being true. The world we live in today is constantly changing and moving out with the old and in with the new. Compared to 2006, 2018 seems like a whole new world.
The information from the 2006 video surprised me. I was shocked to see how many people were on myspace back in a time where not many people had computers, laptops, smart phones etc. Also how far behind the US has always been in terms of Education compared to China and India. I was always informed of how much more advanced they were but it was never really put into perspective for me to see.I was also shocked to see the percentage of people in the world who are " just like me", it told me that 1,300 were like me. What shocked me the most in the 2018 video was that every statistic was the same for the most part. None of the statistics changed in a drastically at all.
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ReplyDeleteI watched the newer one before the older one, but I will start with my thoughts about the older one. It felt outdated. In just 12 years, everything felt extremely old, especially the Myspace tidbit, which was completely replaced with Facebook in the newer version. We live in a world that is moving so fast. I was not daunted by these figures or anything, but I was intrigued by the numbers that came up, like the amount of babies being born as the video continued. I am excited for the technological inventions that are yet to come in the future. Virtual Reality? Hoverbikes? You name it! I’m ready.