Monday, June 4, 2012

Do You Know?!

The YouTube video, "Do You Know," was shockingly informative and mind-blowing.  The data presented in this video was almost unbelievable, and it was incredible to see how far our nation has progressed with technology over the last 40ish years.  So many of the facts in the video astounded me, but I believe that the fact that more videos were uploaded to YouTube in the last 2 months than if ABC, NBC, and CBS had been airing new content 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year since 1948, was the most astonishing of all.  The tidbit that I found the most amusing was that Americans have over 240,000,000 TVs, but about 2,000,000 are in their bathrooms! The political aspect of the digital age, as displayed in this video, has interested me greatly.  During Obama's campaign, he utilized online social media networks to raise over $55 million for his campaign in just 29 days!  One not-so-surprising piece of data was that the average teenager sends about 2,272 texts per month...but honestly, who hasn't gotten in trouble for going over the texting minutes.

2 comments:

  1. That is why I have the unlimited text plan! It is worth it! You mention the progress in 40 years, but when you watch the video of the Today Show hosts only a few years ago struggling with what an email address is, it really hits home!

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  2. I couldn't agree more. The video was from 1994 (I believe), when I was 3 years old. Thinking of how far technology has come since then, over what is basically my entire life-span, was astounding! It makes you wonder what the future holds!

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