This document discusses many statistics that highlight how the world is becoming increasingly diverse, globalized, and technologically advanced. Some key points include: - By 2042, minorities in the US are projected to become the majority population. - By 2030, 1 in 5 people in the US will be over 65 years old. - Life expectancy has increased dramatically such that babies born today will likely live to be over 100 years old. - Households, education, jobs, and technologies are changing rapidly in ways that were nearly unimaginable just a few decades ago.