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“37 percent of the world’s population, 2.9 billion people, have never used the Internet.“
In 2004, with the introduction of automated traffic lights, New York City disabled most of its 3,250 crosswalk buttons (it was cheaper than removing them), but pedestrians continue to press them, under the illusion that it changes the light so they can cross.”
Target think they will lose $500m of profit from theft in 2023, known in retail parlance as “shrinkage”. [MarketWatch]
On-demand audio listening time (think podcasts) crossed linear audio listening (think radio) for the first time in 2023.
Young people report higher levels of stress than their older counterparts. Nearly 6 in 10 respondents in the 35 to 44 years of age category reported high or very high levels of stress (58%), while less than one-quarter (23%) of respondents in the 55-plus age group reported experiencing the same upper levels of stress.
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In 1993, there were just 23,000 websites and less than 40 million users. In 2018, there are roughly a billion websites, and more than three billion users.
Jack Self • THE BIG FLAT NOW: Power, Flatness, and Nowness in the Third Millennium
Why is life expectancy so long in Hong Kong? Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 84.23 years, more than five years longer than the US and the highest in the world. Hong Kong is not that wealthy (median household income is $38,000 USD); it’s somewhat polluted; people don’t obviously eat what seems like a healthy diet; and they don’t seem to exercise a g... See more
Tyler Cowen • Work on these things - Marginal REVOLUTION
WHOA. OnlyFans generated $5.6bn in gross payments, $1.1bn in revenue and a $525m profit in 2022.
The number of “creators” increased +47% to 3.2 million, and the number of “fans” +27% to 239 million (!).
The owner paid himself a $338m dividend.
"Past the top 100 books, the numbers are dire. The average book sells 200 copies. An average "bestseller" sells about 2,000 copies."
~@JasonColavito