A Contextual Introduction and Institutional Overview of IERI at 5.5 (Transcript of speech delivered at the Fifth Anniversary of IERI)

As of today, the 6th of May 2010, we share the world with at least 6,819,184,140 other human beings (US Census Clock Widget1). Can I encourage you to participate in a mind experiment; and normalise that rather large number to just 100 people.