- Croatia forgives the debt of 7% of its citizens to save money.
- 66,000,000 children could be fed for 6 years with what America spends on Valentines Day.
- Solar power had grown 1,200% in 5 years.
- Total world debt is $200,000,000,000 (two hundred trillion dollars), which is 3 times global GDP.
- Interest rates in Europe are now < 0%.
- 43% of Americans are only invested in cash; and 53% of them are hiding some of it around the house.
- The dark part of the internet is 20 times bigger than the reach of Google and Bing.
- We reached peak rice in 1988, peak milk in 2004, peak chicken in 2006, and peak soybeans 2009.
- 35% to 45% of wealth is inherited, not earned.
- 78% of income growth as measured by GDP has gone to the 1%.
- There are more than 10,000,000 cyberattacks against US targets every day.
- Sea level rise spiked by 5 inches in 2 years, far above the estimated average.
- CO2 concentration surpasses 401 ppm.
Pretending Not To Panic 