Industry Fact:
When Elvis Presley died in 1977 (Aug. 16) there were 37 professional Elvis impersonators in the world.
By 1993 there were 48,000 pro E.I.s in the world. Up to 30,000 Elvis Presley impersonators are registered in the US alone by 2006. (N.Y. Times interview with Billionaire Bob Sillerman)
If this trend continues, by the year 2010, one out of every three people in the world will be an Elvis Impersonator!
So, when we reach “1 out of 1” (i.e. when EVERYBODY in world is an Elvis Impersonator…) couldn't you safely say that is the "end of the world"? (at least as we know it.) According to a financial calculator using the present world population growth...that should be around the year 2020.
When Elvis Presley died in 1977 (Aug. 16) there were 37 professional Elvis impersonators in the world.
By 1993 there were 48,000 pro E.I.s in the world. Up to 30,000 Elvis Presley impersonators are registered in the US alone by 2006. (N.Y. Times interview with Billionaire Bob Sillerman)
If this trend continues, by the year 2010, one out of every three people in the world will be an Elvis Impersonator!
So, when we reach “1 out of 1” (i.e. when EVERYBODY in world is an Elvis Impersonator…) couldn't you safely say that is the "end of the world"? (at least as we know it.) According to a financial calculator using the present world population growth...that should be around the year 2020.
Seems like the next 10 years should be really interesting!
No comments:
Post a Comment