Please Read. This Will Affect ALL Of You.
Not, it's not a rant :P. It's a video that I think will be interesting to everyone and it may open your eyes to how fast our world is growing around us.
I was in Physics class yesterday and our teacher showed us this short, five minute video for a warm-up. It really opened my eyes and made me realize how much we, not just America, are growing and how much we have changed over the years. Here is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
When it said on the video "China will soon become the NUMBER ONE English speaking country in the world.", I could tell my class was shocked, as was I. You may have heard someone around you joking about how China will soon take us over and we should all learn to speak Chinese. You may have laughed about it, but can we really say it won't happen? I showed this video to my sister earlier today and watched as her expression went from bored, to very serious. She obviously sees the problem and said she would show this to her friends. Sure, some of it is amusing, like at the end of the video where it says "694,000 songs were downloaded illegally" during the course of the video. :P I laughed at that Lol, but I strongly encourage you to pass this video around.
P.S. If you watched this video I am curious to read what you think of it down in the comments. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
When it said on the video "China will soon become the NUMBER ONE English speaking country in the world.", I could tell my class was shocked, as was I. You may have heard someone around you joking about how China will soon take us over and we should all learn to speak Chinese. You may have laughed about it, but can we really say it won't happen? I showed this video to my sister earlier today and watched as her expression went from bored, to very serious. She obviously sees the problem and said she would show this to her friends. Sure, some of it is amusing, like at the end of the video where it says "694,000 songs were downloaded illegally" during the course of the video. :P I laughed at that Lol, but I strongly encourage you to pass this video around.
P.S. If you watched this video I am curious to read what you think of it down in the comments. :)
18 Comments
Wow....
O_O. I'm half chinese, and i had no idea that was happening.. so like DeltoraQuest said.. wow.. :P
HAH!! SUCK IT JAPAN!!! WE'RE BEATING YOU IN INTERNET PENETRATION!!!!! Oh...never mind....what with Japan and the whole fiber optic cable....T_T
Holy crap, that was a lot of babies in 5 minutes....India needs to get a hobby.
That was really a mind-stretching videos. I love videos that make you think. Most of those things were really interesting tidbits of knowledge, some shocking, others quite amusing. It was really cool :D
Oh, and to the whole Chinese thing - NO FREAKING DUH!!! Those people are like effing super computers. It's no wonder their adopting our language so fast, though what with all the other people in this country speaking different languages, I'm disappointed....We have America and a designated English language for a freaking REASON!!!!
As to the supercomputer exceeding the brain's computational capacities....wouldn't it take a brain that exceeds computations capacities to make from the start?
Hah, I see your point about the supercomputer. xD We're not even really "America" anymore..or at least not what we used to be. We've got people from every country in here, but I guess we're supposed to be a Melting Pot type country.
China isn't going to take over. Even if they wanted to. Did the video mention anything about their replacement rate? (Meaning how many babies they're having to replace the current population later on. Big NO.) They have nearly twice as many men as women, and they still aren't having children--and if they do, it's male.
Or that China is in such dire monetary straights that it can't handle its own country, much less the world's?
Wow....
Exactly. America was originally a country for those who wished to separate themselves from other countries for political and religious freedom, along with economical benefits. I think people have really overblown that concept of a "free new world"....
I watched that video in RE :) really freaky...
O.O
its.....kinda freaky!! wow
WTF?????.......DX