We live in Exponential Times

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by admin

Mimi did a presentation and she used this youtube video clip to emphasize the fast changing technology that we face today.

Did you know?
The average North American
will have 10-14 jobs by the time he/she reaches 38 years.
1 in 4 employees will have worked  for the same employer less than a year.
1 in 2 employees will have worked for the same employer less than 5 years.
1 in 8 couples met online
A student in a 4-year technical college will have half of what he learned become outdated by his third year of study.
In 1984, there were 1000 internet devices.
In 1992, there were 1,000,000 internet devices.
In 2008, there were 1,000,000,000 internet devices.
The amount of time it takes to reach an audience of 50 million.
Radio – 38 years
TV – 13 years
Internet – 4 years
Ipod – 3 years
Facebook – 2 years

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4 Responses to “We live in Exponential Times”

  1. nothing, on September 16th, 2009 at 7:56 pm Said:

    quite interesting..thanks for sharing

  2. darkhunter, on September 27th, 2009 at 12:35 am Said:

    wow facebook can get 50 million audiences in just 2 years..

    great..

    nice info.. :D

  3. The Padrino Dot Com, on November 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 am Said:

    Wow this really true if you think about it I can reach 10x more people online then anywhere else.

    I need to become one of these “1 in 8 couples met online” :)

  4. Brian Hill, on December 9th, 2009 at 11:22 pm Said:

    wow millions or even billions of internet users worldwide. With so many people there’s a lot of potential to get customers, members, etc etc.

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