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“The bigger the picture the clearer
it is that we are all in this together.”
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“Not
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“We cannot change the world for the better by killing each others children.”
—Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
Sources
and Notes:
1 . World Arms Exports: SIPRI 2002 Yearbook
2 . Arms Exports from U.S.:SIPRI 2002 Yearbook
3. World recorded music sales:
IFPI
4. Computers sold in world: IDC
5. Carbon emissions:WorldWatch
Institute; Vital Signs 2003
6. Rainforest destruction: WorldWatch Institute; Vital Signs
2003
7. Number of people falling in love: this and the following meter
are obviously speculative, and “tongue in cheek”. They are
not meant to cast doubt on the previous hard numbered meters, but in the
spirit of the Einstein quote, point out that there is more going on in
the world than can be counted and metered.