How Many Worlds Are There?
How Many Worlds Are There?
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When I was in school I learned that there was "The Old World" which basically meant Europe, "The New World" which was the U.S. and Canada (sometimes it included Australia, but not always), and "The Third World" which was everyone else.
Now I keep seeing people say "In the First World", which really drives me up the wall.
Anyone else seen the definitions I learned in school in the 60's?
David
Now I keep seeing people say "In the First World", which really drives me up the wall.
Anyone else seen the definitions I learned in school in the 60's?
David





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If you are seeing people saying "in the first world" you may be hallucinating.
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When I went to school old world meant Europe. The new world meant the Americas. Australia didn't rate so presumably it was third world. That was in the 60's.
I hear first world and third world but nothing about a second world. Why the quantum leap?
My $0.02 worth:
First world = rat race.
Second world = absoloutely no idea.
Third world = dirt poor
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First World - Western industrialized countries
Second World - Communist bloc countries
Third World - underdeveloped countries (Africa, Asia)
Old World vs. New World is a different story altogether.
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With acknowledgements to Robert Heinlein (Number of the Beast)?
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Old World - was a term derived to describe that section of the world that was developed and predominantly industrial by the turn of the 1900's (Namely Europe).
New World - that section of the globe colonized by the old world and industrialized by the 1950's (Namely North America)
As a side note - both of those terms were developed in the US.
First World - any industrialized nation who's economy is less than 40% natural resourse based (ie. export natural resources and import manufactured goods) and who generally tries to enforce "basic human rights" (ie. no slave or child labour etc ...)
Second World - Same as above but exclude human rights.
Third World - Opposite of First World- Natural Resource dependant - Human rights may or may not exist.
Based on how you Interpret the above Canada can be classified as a third world country. Statistics on %dependance on Natural Resources for Canada can vary with interpretation. USA and Britain are generally considered First World countries.
I might not be spot on because it has been a decade since I needed to know those definitions but that is how I remember them today.
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html
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Hydo? - considered by some to be a natural resource and must be included as a resource not a service.
What happened to fishing?, lumber? mining? - If included in agriculture then that number is too low.
Do you include the support services to achieve the above as part of your resource GDP or not?
These were just some of the debates ocurring when I was in school. Based on the answers to these debates and others Canada could be considered 42% resource dependant (also depended on what year the data was coming from).
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With all the baggage collected in this terrestial scheme, travelling to the "next" is going to be mighty interesting.
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First world : Developed contries (most of Europe, USA, Canada, Japan) with a more or less free enterprise system
Second World : Countries with a planned economy (= Communist economic system), now only North Korea and a few others
Third world : Developing resp. semi-developed countries having a certain degree or at least a potential for industrial development (examples : Brasil, India and many others)
Fourth world : Undeveloped countries without any visible potential for industrial development (examples : Mauretania, Mali, Chad)
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plant world
animal world
insect world
arab world
western world
man's world
women's world
brave new world
personal world
wide world
engineering world
scientific world
abstract world
ideal word
perfect world
outside world
modern world
developing world
his world
her world
their world
(best of) both worlds
world of good
Guess there is quite a few more to come yet but I need to get back to the real world
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Whether our third world was included in this qualification is not clear.
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Keep the wheels on the ground
Bob
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Forgive me HG Wells if you're still able to observe this world.
In the event of a War of the Worlds people left in this world would be out of their world not to say good-bye to their worldly belongings. Would they be able to stay away from another world? Maybe some could do a deal with the underworld. The battle plan of the other world? It will do a world of good to destroy all people of the first world. The other worlds don't matter.
My wife's blonde.
She is my world.
I will not show her this because she'll know she's married a nut!
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I see only one world as a sort of cake. But a hell of a lot of knives.
Cheers
Steve
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I don't know about the Heinlein angle, straight to the keeper I'm afraid but while pondering over the devil's number, bad luck etc etc, the only people in the world that can pronounce it just right are the KIWIS because they pronounce it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS.
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It was by an engineer, and identified the "other world" as Academe, or Academia if you prefer. It was a very amusing story.
For example, an engineer wouuld say "2 plus 2 = 4", while the academe world would give some fancy, convoluted integration to mean the same thing.
When I hear the term "other world" I think of that story.
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