用数据说话：信息时代 时不我待

If you're one in a million in China, there are 1300 people just like you.
在中国，如果你是百万取一的精英，那么仍有1300个和你势均力敌的竞争者。

China will soon become the Number One English-speaking country in the world.
中国将很快成为世界上说英语人数最多的国家。

The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ's is greater than the total population of the United States.
在印度，智商前25%的人比美国的总人口还多。

There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace. If MySpace were a country, it would be the 5th largest in the world.
社交网站MySpace有超过2亿注册用户。如果MySpace是一个国家的话，它将是世界第五大国。

There are about 540,000 words in the English language, about 5 times as many as during Shakespeare's time.
现今的英文单词约有54万个之巨，为莎士比亚时代的五倍。

The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years, for students starting a 4 year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.
新科技的资讯量每2年就增长一倍，这对于4年制理工学生的意义是，一年级时学的知识有一半到了三年级就过时了。

Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.
预计到2049年，一部1千美元的电脑将超越全球人脑的运算能力总和。