If The World Were a Village of 100 People

I think most of us including yours truly take many things for granted. 2009 could be that year we think less of ourselves and more for the underprivileged. Very meaningful post.

Peter Lee

well, if there is only a 100 people in the world,, it certainly is a better place to live in... doubting there will be problems like hunger or sickness

but I definitely don't agree to have a very small population,, it sucks and evolution will be no process,, there will also be no computer for our sake!!!

but I am still proud of what I have, case I know having a stable life makes me rich than others...

This hits home that the world's getting smaller as communication tools get better. The more we can relate to the people of a country, the less likely we'll be to bomb them.

It is certainly a very interesting perspective on how to think about the world!! Powerful video

What an interesting facts that i don't know all this time. I'ts very surprising that only 12% of world population have computer & only 3% have internet connection. How lucky we are, who are included in that little percentage!

That is crazy to think about it like that. Anyone who is even able to read this is so much more privileged than the rest of the world.

I disagree a man having a car can not be a loser,even if he didn't win the contest or lost his job he is not a loser as well. We already made the decision that we were rich.And this is our deep conviction,which is a seed put into the ground to grow. Your thoughts define the reality not your income.

I have a Porsche Cayman S and a £400k house here in the UK but am I rich? No, I am highly leveraged and that's the difference. People need to wake up and realise that credit buys you the fantasy but income defines the reality and anyone who thinks they are a big cheese because they have a good car is a loser. Get over it and understand that just 1% of Internet Marketers make enough money to have a desirable lifestyle.

Interesting video. So downsizing to put it all into perspective.... interesting idea.

Wow amazing video, so if you have a roof over your head then you are richer then 75% of the world, that's insane, come to think of it.

We should really appreciate what we have.

Hmm... That's a very creative video. By reducing the number, we can clearly understand the extend of the problems in our society.

Perspective does wonders for creative thinking.

Great video. Very thought provoking.

Cool video but the money if off big time.

You're saying that 100 people spend $1.12 trillion on the military, and then the whole world spends $67,200,000,000,000,000,000 on military a year? Highly doubtful.

Abit touching! I loved the video.

The video is amazing.. I loved it!

Thats an excellent video suprised I have never come across that before. It makes it reality to realise that you are actually rich. Anyone and everyone that has watched that video is lucky and affluent.

Great message.

Even with a world of 100 people, I am sure that for a good percent of them they feel as though they are the bottom half of the world simply because while those in other countries don't have much and at worst they are starving, most people in America and other developed countries are worst off.

When you see that most people live off $1 a day it is sort of misleading, because while my neighbors may be watching a $4,000 TV, they're actually living on -$100 a day because all they do is charge and owe and put themselves into debt slavery.

It's amazing what people think up and with the intent to pass on knowledge to others.

Its a very meaningful video. I consider myself very lucky to have what I have. I twitted this post! :P

Wow! How relevant and practical... it helps to show what should impact us.

Its amazing how many simple things in life are what so many others lack. I think this hits all of us hard and gives us a reality check...at least it does for me. I can be so materialistic and selfish and this puts me back into my place.

I think to understand global process it is necessary to look at the planet from different points of view. The offered outook is also worth considering.

thanks john for inspiration video.............looking the world from little spectales

This is a very thought provoking video. Very interesting...

The background music though reminds me of movie scenes of ancient battles where the lead character is about to die :)

This is a nice story to share. Appreciating what you have is one element of happiness :) But, I hope it also makes us realize that we need to help other people who are not as fortunate as we are.

Interesting video. Who is the authority on these stats though. Some off them do not look accurate according to some research done by my peers.

as cool as that video is, how realistic is that? and I'm sorry, but we have billions of unique individuals and those statistics hold no weight to current times. How can we imagine the world with only 100 people when god has a purpose for all of us.

Maybe I'm thinking out of line with the rest of you, but what is there to take away from here? some statistics were broken down into the percent value and then made into a comparison of 100 people..I dont know, I guess the video wasn;t appealing to me, but as art, there is interpretations from all aspects and I respect those that loved this video.

Also, is it me or is that music really gloomy? I was expecting to see some sort of Armageddon image at the end based on the background music.

Is that video broke for anyone else?

I have already seen this video in my church.
It is such a cool concept ay?
It is amazing to dicover how rich we really are just because we have a computer.

Thanks for sharing it with the world.

Interesting video. It really puts some things into perspective, but that gloomy music is awfully creepy.

man that's crazy, a lot of people don't appreciate what they've got until they come back to realization that they longer have it.

society depicts what they want us to think we need. a lot of people tend to look up to those that have what they want (damn you John Chow! jk) we forget to look at those that need the simple things in life, like shelter and freedom to name a couple.

touching video though