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.
Labels: Stuff I Found Online, Stuff I'm Thinking About
posted by Lindsay @ 5:33 PM
3 Comments:
Isn't it sickening sometimes when we actually see the numbers.
Wow, priorities get out of line, hey? For the record, I don't own an ipod, and probably never will...: )
I don't have one either... Not because I'm opposed, but because I'm poor :)
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