May be from a material & knowledge perspective we are better off than the older generation...But are we happier now with a so called better quality of life?
100 Years of Progress
Over the last 100 years, the world has changed tremendously.
For perspective, this year at Abundance 360, I gave a few fun examples of what the world looked like in 1917.
This blog is a look at what the world looked like a century ago and what it looks like today.
Let’s dive in.
[h=2]In 1917...[/h] One hundred years ago, things looked a little bit different.
1. World Literacy Rates
- 1917: The world literacy rate was only 23%.
- Today: Depending on estimates, the world literacy rate today is 86.1%.
2. Travel Time
- 1917: It took 5 days to get from London to New York; 3.5 months to travel from London to Australia.
- Today: A nonstop flight gets you from London to New York in a little over 8 hours, and you can fly from London to Australia in about a day, with just one stop.
3. Average Price of a U.S. House
- 1917: The average price of a U.S. house was $5,000. ($111,584.29 when adjusted for inflation)
- Today: As of 2010, the average price of a new home sold in the U.S. was $272,900.
4. The First Hamburger
- 1917: The hamburger bun invented by a fry cook named Walter Anderson, who co-founded White Castle.
- Today: On average, Americans eat three hamburgers a week. That's a national total of nearly 50 billion burgers per year. And now we’re even inventing 100% plant-based beef burgers… produced by Impossible Foods and available at select restaurants.
5. Average Price of a Car in the U.S.
- 1917: The average price of a car in the U.S. was $400 ($8,926.74 when adjusted for inflation)
- Today: The average car price in the U.S. was $34,968 as of January 2017.
6. The First Boeing Aircraft
- 1917: A Boeing aircraft flew for the first time on June 15.
- Today: In 2015, there were almost 24,000 turboprop and regional aircraft, as well as wide body and narrow body jets, in service worldwide.
7. Coca-Cola
- 1917: On July 1, 1916, Coca-Cola introduced its current formula to the market.
- Today: Today, Coca-Cola has a market cap of about $178 billion with 2015 net operating revenues over $44 billion. Each day, over 1.9 billion servings of Coca-Cola drinks are enjoyed in more than 200 countries.
http://www.diamandis.com/blog/100-years-of-progress
100 Years of Progress
Over the last 100 years, the world has changed tremendously.
For perspective, this year at Abundance 360, I gave a few fun examples of what the world looked like in 1917.
This blog is a look at what the world looked like a century ago and what it looks like today.
Let’s dive in.
[h=2]In 1917...[/h] One hundred years ago, things looked a little bit different.
1. World Literacy Rates
- 1917: The world literacy rate was only 23%.
- Today: Depending on estimates, the world literacy rate today is 86.1%.
2. Travel Time
- 1917: It took 5 days to get from London to New York; 3.5 months to travel from London to Australia.
- Today: A nonstop flight gets you from London to New York in a little over 8 hours, and you can fly from London to Australia in about a day, with just one stop.
3. Average Price of a U.S. House
- 1917: The average price of a U.S. house was $5,000. ($111,584.29 when adjusted for inflation)
- Today: As of 2010, the average price of a new home sold in the U.S. was $272,900.
4. The First Hamburger
- 1917: The hamburger bun invented by a fry cook named Walter Anderson, who co-founded White Castle.
- Today: On average, Americans eat three hamburgers a week. That's a national total of nearly 50 billion burgers per year. And now we’re even inventing 100% plant-based beef burgers… produced by Impossible Foods and available at select restaurants.
5. Average Price of a Car in the U.S.
- 1917: The average price of a car in the U.S. was $400 ($8,926.74 when adjusted for inflation)
- Today: The average car price in the U.S. was $34,968 as of January 2017.
6. The First Boeing Aircraft
- 1917: A Boeing aircraft flew for the first time on June 15.
- Today: In 2015, there were almost 24,000 turboprop and regional aircraft, as well as wide body and narrow body jets, in service worldwide.
7. Coca-Cola
- 1917: On July 1, 1916, Coca-Cola introduced its current formula to the market.
- Today: Today, Coca-Cola has a market cap of about $178 billion with 2015 net operating revenues over $44 billion. Each day, over 1.9 billion servings of Coca-Cola drinks are enjoyed in more than 200 countries.
http://www.diamandis.com/blog/100-years-of-progress