In 2008, the world economy slipped into what some have sacrastically called the Great Recession, to further prevent agitations to the Global Markets. While I am not an economist, I can certainly tell you my doctor has not prescribed to me any anti-recession medication; so whether or not this is another Great Depression is strictly semantics.
The upshot to this are mass riots in Europe, rampant home foreclosures, sky rocketing debt, the Occupy Wall Street movement, unemployment hovering somewhere between 8-10% (the exact number varies because the department responsible for keeping track of these figures has been outsourced & downsized.) If I was more of a religious person I would swear that we are mere days from the Fourth Horseman, and Tom Cruise returning to the spaceship.
While one would be hard-pressed to find a single growth industry during these troubling times, one seems to stand head & shoulders above the rest ... the Social Networking Media!
Dig these numbers : (according to Quora.com ...)
YEAR: FACEBOOK Usership (estimated)
2006 12 million
2007 50 million
2008 100 million
2009 350 million
2010 500 million
2011 799 million
2012 835 million
Please note the 2008-2009 statistics. During the beginning of the Global Economic Depression, Facebook Usership over tripled!!! Mere conincidence??!!
What's even more telling is, according to Neilsens.com, the average user spends 7 hours per month on facebook. Other statistical data puts that number closer to 8 hours per month, but even at the low end of that figure, we as a species spend 5.8 billion hours per month, and a staggering 70 billion hours a year plugged into the electric teat.
Are we fiddling while it all burns???
Hail Xenu!!!
The upshot to this are mass riots in Europe, rampant home foreclosures, sky rocketing debt, the Occupy Wall Street movement, unemployment hovering somewhere between 8-10% (the exact number varies because the department responsible for keeping track of these figures has been outsourced & downsized.) If I was more of a religious person I would swear that we are mere days from the Fourth Horseman, and Tom Cruise returning to the spaceship.
While one would be hard-pressed to find a single growth industry during these troubling times, one seems to stand head & shoulders above the rest ... the Social Networking Media!
Dig these numbers : (according to Quora.com ...)
YEAR: FACEBOOK Usership (estimated)
2006 12 million
2007 50 million
2008 100 million
2009 350 million
2010 500 million
2011 799 million
2012 835 million
Please note the 2008-2009 statistics. During the beginning of the Global Economic Depression, Facebook Usership over tripled!!! Mere conincidence??!!
What's even more telling is, according to Neilsens.com, the average user spends 7 hours per month on facebook. Other statistical data puts that number closer to 8 hours per month, but even at the low end of that figure, we as a species spend 5.8 billion hours per month, and a staggering 70 billion hours a year plugged into the electric teat.
Hail Xenu!!!
