This is pretty interesting...when you go into to personalize your Google homepage, you get these various sections like "News", "Lifestyle" etc., that you can add to your page.
If you click on the "Fun" section, you get three content options to add...and number two is
"Ask Yahoo!"
I guess they're returning the favor Yahoo! did them to get them to the top, much like what IBM did for Microsoft.
For more on that historical review, go to:
http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/07/s_9.html
What's different this time are the sheer numbers.
Japan, though the second largest global economy in the eighties, did it with a population of about 125 million.
The US is about 300 million.
The Indians and Chinese are collectively at a touch over 2 billion today VS. a 6 billion world population that is forecasted to be about 9 billion by 2050.
Their (India and China) respective per capita GDP incomes are about $3300 and $5600/year compared to about $40,000 for the US TODAY.
At 9% a year growth, which is roughly what most economists peg the growth for these economies, China will achieve US GDP by 2027 and India by 3033.
That would put their collective GDPs at over 100 trillion compared to 55 trillion for the WORLD and 11 trillion for the US today.
The growth could slow down for a few years and a number of other things could change, but barring global catastrophe, the numbers are the numbers...
and it's VERY different from worrying about Japan in the eighties and "tiger" asian economies in the 70s.
Plus, both India and china are serious about their kids learning English...the japanese have and still are a lot more insular on that front.
For more on the language stuff, take a look here:
http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_the_importan.htm l
well said...now there's a different kind of homesteading going on...on intellectual property rather than good ol' dirt.
The other thing to keep in mind is that India and China are equally focused on giving their kids an education in English as much as in Science. The anecdotes are interesting...Again Friedman had a column on this...more here on "The Importance of Language" in all this:
http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_the_importan.htm l
Scary stuff, no question.
Bill Gates, in a speech to the nation's Governors three months ago, cited some pretty startling takeaways on the state of Science education in the US. NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman had a great piece on it. More on both here:
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I wonder if it can boot off a USB drive...in which case it could be an interesting application for the "computers on a stick" that are starting to show up.
see this post for more
http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/07/on_computers_on.htm l
Google has had a "skyteam" in New York for some time now as I touched on in this post in April:
http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/04/birds_eye_view.html
The focus also seems to be on 45-degree building views.
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This is pretty interesting...when you go into to personalize your Google homepage, you get these various sections like "News", "Lifestyle" etc., that you can add to your page. If you click on the "Fun" section, you get three content options to add...and number two is "Ask Yahoo!" I guess they're returning the favor Yahoo! did them to get them to the top, much like what IBM did for Microsoft. For more on that historical review, go to: http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/07/s_9.html
What's different this time are the sheer numbers. Japan, though the second largest global economy in the eighties, did it with a population of about 125 million. The US is about 300 million. The Indians and Chinese are collectively at a touch over 2 billion today VS. a 6 billion world population that is forecasted to be about 9 billion by 2050. Their (India and China) respective per capita GDP incomes are about $3300 and $5600/year compared to about $40,000 for the US TODAY. At 9% a year growth, which is roughly what most economists peg the growth for these economies, China will achieve US GDP by 2027 and India by 3033. That would put their collective GDPs at over 100 trillion compared to 55 trillion for the WORLD and 11 trillion for the US today. The growth could slow down for a few years and a number of other things could change, but barring global catastrophe, the numbers are the numbers... and it's VERY different from worrying about Japan in the eighties and "tiger" asian economies in the 70s. Plus, both India and china are serious about their kids learning English...the japanese have and still are a lot more insular on that front. For more on the language stuff, take a look here: http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_the_importan.htm l
well said...now there's a different kind of homesteading going on...on intellectual property rather than good ol' dirt. The other thing to keep in mind is that India and China are equally focused on giving their kids an education in English as much as in Science. The anecdotes are interesting...Again Friedman had a column on this...more here on "The Importance of Language" in all this: http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_the_importan.htm l
correct link: http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/04/fire_aim_ready.html
Scary stuff, no question. Bill Gates, in a speech to the nation's Governors three months ago, cited some pretty startling takeaways on the state of Science education in the US. NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman had a great piece on it. More on both here: ahref=http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/04/fire_aim_read y.htmlrel=url2html-6897http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005 /04/fire_aim_ready.html>
I wonder if it can boot off a USB drive...in which case it could be an interesting application for the "computers on a stick" that are starting to show up. see this post for more http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/07/on_computers_on.htm l
Google has had a "skyteam" in New York for some time now as I touched on in this post in April: http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/04/birds_eye_view.html
The focus also seems to be on 45-degree building views.