The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation.

If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.