Monday, April 09, 2007

Material World

Feel like you're the only person you know who doesn't own an iPod? Maybe that's because Apple has sold 100,000,000 units since the iPod was introduced five and a half years ago.

For you statistic junkies, that's the combined population of Canada, Australia, and South Korea. Or it's a measly and embarrassing 9% of the world's population who live without safe drinking water. If we guesstimate that the average cost per unit was USD$200, it's just 5% of America's estimated cost to date of the war in Iraq (check this out). But that same money could provide Amnesty International's operating budget from today until 2483.

These numbers sound like a lot, but it means that only around 1.6% of the total world population has an iPod. So buying those shares today might not be that stupid.

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3 Comments:

At April 09, 2007 9:31 PM, Blogger it's a gong show... said...

Isn't it sickening sometimes when we actually see the numbers.

 
At April 10, 2007 9:35 AM, Blogger Erin said...

Wow, priorities get out of line, hey? For the record, I don't own an ipod, and probably never will...: )

 
At April 10, 2007 10:36 AM, Blogger Lindsay said...

I don't have one either... Not because I'm opposed, but because I'm poor :)

 

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