??? Did you know ...

• ... that in 2010 more people lived in cities than in rural areas for the first time of mankind? Trend accelerating!
• ... that the estimated costs associated with premature deaths linked to air pollution and vehicle emissions in US's nations largest (top 83) U.S. cities is about $18 billions per year?
• ... that manufacturing a single electrical transistor (the thing that comprises the core of your computers CPU) is cheaper than printing a letter in the Financial Times?
• ... that we are pumping out 15 times more water from the ground than is supplied from rain?
• ... that we could feed an additional 1 Billion people of this planet with the food the US & UK through away every year?
• ... that the wealth of the 3 richest Americans is about equal to the accumulated GDP of the world's poorest 48 Nations?
• ... that using with data analysis we can predict the future?
• ... that animal protein, as found for instance in milk, increases the cancer rate of humans?

Epilog  Observing some of these trends appeals to engaging in thinking about our future, our resources, our investments, our personal behaviors and even to our desires and wishes. This world is a connected place, not only since Wifi and Facebook, thus it would be smart to plan, invest, act accordingly.