What's a logarithmic curve and how does it help explain the …
Apr 3, 2020 · The Richter scale is logarithmic – an earthquake that measures 6 is 10- times more destructive than one that measures 5. The logarithmic scale is ideal for measuring rates of change, particularly rates of growth, explains mathematician, teacher, and author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers, Bobby Seagull .
Charted: The impact of streaming on the music industry
Mar 30, 2023 · This chart shows global recorded music industry revenues since 2001. Image: Statista. According to data published by IFPI, the music industry bottomed out in 2014, when revenue was at a 20-year low of $13.1 billion, $9 billion less than it had been 15 years prior, when physical music sales alone had amounted to $22.3 billion at the peak of the ...
How are crypto regulations changing around the world? | World …
May 2, 2024 · Governments around the world are building out new rules for cryptocurrencies. The International Organization of Securities Commissions has also laid out its 18 recommendations for global rules on managing crypto and digital assets.
This is the relationship between money and happiness
Apr 5, 2018 · In general, this means that as a country’s wealth increases from $10k to $20k per person, it will likely slide up the happiness scale as well. For a double from $30k to $60k, the relationship still holds – but it tends to have far more variance. This variance is …
COP29: What are NDCs and why do they matter? - The World …
Nov 26, 2024 · Countries have to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by February 2025, and some announced their targets at COP29. But do the current commitments go far enough to meet the Paris Agreement?
GenAI at work: How to implement and scale new tools | World …
Nov 25, 2024 · Implement small-scale pilot projects to gain insights that will inform decisions and adjustments when scaling. Determine KPIs – supported by a combination of available hard data and self-reported data – that will be used to measure success, such as workforce adoption, employee wellbeing, and productivity gains.
Six charts that show the state of global biodiversity loss | World ...
Oct 17, 2022 · The chart above shows which species are considered to be most at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN evaluates 140,000 species by population and how they have changed over time, and creates a Red List Index of relative survival probability.
Over 2000 years of economic history, in one chart
Sep 15, 2017 · The first gap on the x-axis is 1,000 years and the second is 500 years. Then, as we get closer to modernity, the chart uses mostly 10 year intervals. Changing the scale like this is a big data visualization “no no”, as rightly pointed out in a blog post by The Economist.
The Future of Jobs Report 2023 | World Economic Forum
Apr 30, 2023 · The fourth edition of the Survey has the widest coverage thus far by topic, geography and sector. The Future of Jobs Survey brings together the perspective of 803 companies – collectively employing more than 11.3 million workers – across 27 industry clusters and 45 economies from all world regions.
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
Nov 18, 2020 · Similar growth can be seen on a global scale; while less than 7% of the world was online in 2000, today over half the global population has access to the internet. Similar trends can be seen in cellphone use.