This is a fascinating little tool, showing overlays of the the growth charts of the largest cities in the world.590 Cities Charted: Impure Blog
As Yadji explained in his video, people are leaving the backwaters of the developing world and heading to the city. I've been writing a lot this year on the "pixelization" of wealth distribution, and how clumsy the "rich vs. poor" country debate has become.
The changing world means that companies like Sony, RIM (Blackberry), HP/Compaq, and Dell are receding, just as RCA, Magnavox, and Polaroid disappeared over the past decades. But when I read that the "electronics industry" is in decline, I laugh. That's like saying "basketball is in decline" because Larry Bird or Michael Jordan are unable to compete on the court.
