Posted on 09/19/2003 5:26:40 AM PDT by veronica
Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category as well.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world.
Israel has the highest per capita ratio of scientific publications in the world by a large margin, as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for VC funds right behind the US.
Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies
Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 is over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK.
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the Silicon Valley).
With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of the aircraft outside of the US.
Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel. Motorola built its largest development center worldwide in Israel.
Windows NT software was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
AOL's instant message program was designed by an Israeli software company.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech start-ups
Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.
Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees -- ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland -- and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
Well, AOL bought ICQ, but AIM was around long before ICQ.
I always thought the blue screen of death was Talmudic.
The interesting question is not if, but why. That is, was it environmental or genetic factors that created superior IQ? The case for environment is 2,000 years of oppression, including prohibitions against owning real estate. The net result was that Js were forced into city centers and non-capital intensive trades such as media, finance, retail, etc. - areas which they still exert significant influence.
On the other hand, the Js were one of the first to popularize the notion of a monolithic God around 5,000 yrs ago. This in itself could point to an early ability to sythensize complex philosophical concepts while the rest of the known civilized world was still attributing natural causes to individual dieties.
I myself lean more towards the environmental explanation. If over 40+ generations you periodically directed murder, theft, emmigration, etc at a specific targeted group, they would either (a) die out, or (b) become incredibly hardy with diverse survival skills.
Yes, he said it without retraction or any correction hoping we wouldn't notice. I guess he thought we were all as drunk as he was.
Loans by Israel have always been repaid. What's more, it is due to these loans that American jobs are created.
I've mis-read Isabel several topics on FR as 'Israel'.
Not a J myself, but have know many. They usually point to their history of oppression as the primary reason for their success ie sink or swim.
Does this include Egypt?
According to CIA World Factbook: ISRAEL (pop. 6,116,533 (July 2002 est.) ====== Gross domestic product, purchasing power parity: $122 billion (2002 est.) GDP - real growth rate: -1.1% (2002 est.) GDP - per capita: (PPP): $19,000 (2002 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.7% (2002 est.) Unemployment rate: 10.4% (2002 est.) EGYPT pop. 74,718,797 (July 2003 est.) ===== GDP, purchasing power parity: $268 billion (2002 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 1.7% (2002 est.) GDP - per capita: (PPP): $3,900 (2002 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (2002) Unemployment rate: 12% (2001 est.)
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