Comments on: How rich are you, really? http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stilgherrian · Jason Calacanis and the Evil Cult of the Internet Start-up http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-11660 Stilgherrian · Jason Calacanis and the Evil Cult of the Internet Start-up Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:52:39 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-11660 [...] you’re on an average US, Australian or European wage, you’re already richer than 99% of the planet. But forget the top 1%. Even being in the top 0.01% isn’t enough, it seems. And anyone who [...] [...] you’re on an average US, Australian or European wage, you’re already richer than 99% of the planet. But forget the top 1%. Even being in the top 0.01% isn’t enough, it seems. And anyone who [...]

]]> By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-301 Snarky Platypus Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:57:50 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-301 "You or I could forego 1% of our income and massively transform the lives of an entire village. Will we, though?" Some of us already do... “You or I could forego 1% of our income and massively transform the lives of an entire village.

Will we, though?”

Some of us already do…

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-299 Stilgherrian Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:55:58 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-299 <strong>@Garth:</strong> hat's a well-spotted connection, thank you. And you're right — we get so wrapped up in our day-to-day problems that we forget that we are, by world standards, very very wealthy indeed. You or I could forego 1% of our income and massively transform the lives of an entire village. Will we, though? <strong>@’Pong:</strong> Which city did you have in mind? We have passports... @Garth: hat’s a well-spotted connection, thank you. And you’re right — we get so wrapped up in our day-to-day problems that we forget that we are, by world standards, very very wealthy indeed. You or I could forego 1% of our income and massively transform the lives of an entire village.

Will we, though?

@’Pong: Which city did you have in mind? We have passports…

]]> By: Garth http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-298 Garth Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:00:52 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-298 The Global Rich List slides off the brain. It's a new twist on the Total Perspective Vortex: not only are you a tiny dot, but you're a massively *greedy* tiny dot. "USD$2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village." - The Global Rich List "... and into one end he plugged the whole of reality as extrapolated from a piece of fairy cake, and into the other end he plugged his wife: so that when he turned it on she saw in one instant the whole infinity of creation and herself in relation to it. "To Trin Tragula’s horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Global Rich List slides off the brain. It’s a new twist on the Total Perspective Vortex: not only are you a tiny dot, but you’re a massively *greedy* tiny dot.

“USD$2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village.”

- The Global Rich List

“… and into one end he plugged the whole of reality as extrapolated from a piece of fairy cake, and into the other end he plugged his wife: so that when he turned it on she saw in one instant the whole infinity of creation and herself in relation to it.

“To Trin Tragula’s horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.”

- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

]]> By: 'Pong http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-296 'Pong Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:25:45 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/how_rich_are_you/#comment-296 I'm the 682,127,748. Would be happier in less expensive city. I’m the 682,127,748. Would be happier in less expensive city.

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