Evidence of Abundance 18: Literacy in the U.S. Today’s Evidence of Abundance is a topic near to my heart: solving illiteracy. At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time – 45 percent – were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate. Now, it’s a different story: the total population, regardless of race, hovers near total literacy. Caption: Graphic above shows the dramatic decline in illiteracy due to technology, based on U.S. Census data. Technology will continue to accelerate this trend across the world. At XPRIZE, we just launched a Global Learning XPRIZE that we believe will make illiteracy obsolete. The prize challenges teams to create a piece of software that children can use to teach themselves to read, write and do basic math. Today, the tools to solve the world’s biggest problems lie in the hands of entrepreneurs and bold-thinking individuals like you. What are you most interested in solving? P.S. Please send your friends and family to Peterdiamandis to sign up for these blogs — this is all about surrounding yourself with abundance-minded thinkers. If you want my personal coaching on these topics, consider joining my Abundance 360 membership program for entrepreneurs. peterdiamandis/post/102537595654
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:13:32 +0000