Forty is the new 30
Editor’s Note
• Forty years ago the average person was one inch shorter and 25 pounds lighter.
• Forty hours is the average amount of time people who work 35 hours per week jobs actually work.
• In the United States, the richest one percent of American families hold 40 percent of the total wealth. The bottom 40 percent own 0.5 percent.
• Only 40 percent of North Americans can name more than four of the Ten Commandments.
• Armed conflict has dropped 40 percent since 1992.
• In Central America, 40 percent of workers earn less than $2 a day.
• Forty percent of Grade 12 students in Canada have tried marijuana.
• An average industrial nation citizen consumes 40 percent more than the United Nations’ recommended daily intake of 2,350 calories of food energy.
• The average American’s diet contains 40 percent fat.
• For every 16 percent increase in a woman’s IQ rating, there is a 40 percent drop in likelihood of marriage.
• Forty percent of adults say their average sexual encounter lasts 15 to 30 minutes.
• Between 1992 and 2001, the average transit fare rose 40 percent while the cost of living in Canada only rose 20 percent.
• Average-wage workers in Toronto spend 40 percent of their income on rent.
• In 2006, This Magazine turns 40 years old.
But one thing that’s not 40 is the This Magazine website.
Starting this month, we’ll be introducing a portion of online-only content. Keep www.thismagazine.ca bookmarked to read Terence Dick’s media column, appropriately enough, exploring the topic of Google. A special anonymous interview with a pot industry professional will be our own personal spin on the current cover feature, “High Finance.” And just when you need a bit of extra comfort to get you through the final days of winter, we’ll be introducing “Poemcasting,” a weekly broadcast of the best new poetry in Canada.
Forty might be the new 30, but This Magazine is still This Magazine, at 40, in print, and in whatever mediums may come along.
Emily Schultz editor@thismagazine.ca
