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Phones come before some basic human needs in some places

Austin, Tx. -- How big is technology? Big and growing even faster than some basic human worldwide needs.

Unilever's Keith Weed, speaking at the 4A's Transformation event says there are "500 million mobile phones in India. That's more phones than toilets. You can see the pace of technology."

On the note, later in the morning, Fareed Zakaria, contributing editor at large, Time Inc., noted: "When I was growing up in Mumbai, we had toilets. Don't worry about that."

Zakaria worried about the uneven globalization of the world. For instance, the U.S. still has its problems -- economically. While China has put a lot of its citizens to work -- almost ahead of profits for some technological businesses -- the U.S. economy still struggles with unemployment.

Despite how U.S.'s perceives the world, a lot of the territories are still a very different place. A couple of facts: 75% of Indian workers in the agricultural field, and about 5% of Indians speak English -- though still a big 200 million.

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