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It is phenomenal how fast the world is changing

If you ever doubted the pace of change and therefore the need for innovation and startups this video is full of great factoids for you.  My favourite:

It is estimated that a weeks worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

March 19th, 2009 | Category: Innovation
  • Yer, but, no but...
    These facts are pretty mind-blowing, but
    - every journey starts with the first step
    - your own journey is an individual endeavour, the journey is the reward
    - you can only play the hand you are dealt
    - you make your own luck
    - you can change the world by getting excited
    - you can change the world by collaborating and twitter and blogs and a positive outlook
    Well, you can change your own world, or at least the mindset towards the rest of the world

    And, I totally defy that knowledge is so compressible that a 18th Century lifetime wasn't chokablok with facts. Just different facts and different exposure and different inflection. I bet most people then could raise a vegetable patch, could duck and weave in the countryside, were closer to their adjacent generations, could keep a log fire burning, could engage in discussions on colonialism like we discuss digital futures, or the growth of the Lloyds insurance market or commodity prices.

    Maybe the buddhists win, because they don't care. Sometimes it's better if all the facts just wash over you, leaving you with your own opinions?

    What does it all mean? Someone's been awfully clever to get a load of facts together. But, mounted together they are just a barrage.
  • Something to be said for those people who live in what's left of the rainforest and have no idea all of this is going on. Ignorance may well be bliss....watching that gave me a headache. Excellent post.

    @mistersmeetme
  • Excellent comments so far. The one that struck me first was yes, (to all the internet-information-science stuff), but wouldn't it be interesting to see one that took the same approach to "% of population with access to clean water", "No. of people that die of cancer", etc. etc. i.e. the "information consumption piece is pretty meaningless other than as "infotainment". Having us all connected in a social network, may ultimately, be pretty pointless, unless it can be used to harness action, point decisions, and "get things done".
  • You are quite right, the speed at which the things are changing these days is phenomenal.
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