Never Leave Home Again

NEVER LEAVE HOME AGAIN HOW TO STAY FED, CLOTHED, ENTERTAINED AND EDUCATED WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR COMPUTER 5.3 MILLION Υου MΑΥ HAVΕ WONDERED: AMERICANS SUFFER FROM AGORAPHOBIA- THE FEAR OF OPEN SPACES WHERE ESCAPE MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, LIKE SHOPPING MALLS COULD I ACTUALLY LIVE A SOMEWHAT FUNCTIONAL 70% 60% LIFE WITHOUT EVER LEAVING THE HOUSE? ALL YOU NEED IS A COMPUTER AND THE GLORIOUS DAMN RIGHT, YOU CAN. OF AMERICANS DON'T HAVE OF NETBOOKS NEVER PASSPORTS; EVEN WHEN WE LEAVE THEIR LEAVE HOME, WE DON'T LEAVE HOME ALL GROWN TO RELY ON, KNOWN AS CONVENIENCE WE'VE OWNERS HOMES THE INTERNET. $166 BILLION E-COMMERCE REVENUE IN 2010 $18 BILLION AMAZON'S ELECTRONICS& NON MEDIA REVENUE IN 2010 50% PRODUCTS AMAZON'S PROJECTED MARKET SHARE IN BOOKS BY END OF 2012 6 BILLION TIMES INTERNET VIDEO WAS WATCHED IN THE U.S. IN JUNE 2011 G1% 38.8 ADS THE AVERAGE HULU USER WATCHED DIGITAL VIDEO MARKET NETFLIX'S CLAIM OF THE GOLDMAN SACHS' ANALYSIS SUGGESTS NETFLIX WILL END ITS DVD DISTRIBUTION IN 2020 NEVER GO TO THE MAILBOX AGAIN: ENTERTAINMENT 6 MILLION STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN ONLINE COURSES OF ACADEMIC LEADERS AT PUBLIC COLLEGES THINK ONLINE LEARNING IS AS EFFECTIVE AS FACE-TO-FACE RATE OF 3% OF COLLEGES SAY THAT OF STUDENTS TAKE A CLASS ONLINE GROWTH THE RECESSION HAS INCREASED THE DEMAND 2008-2009 FOR ONLINE EDUCATION STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ONLINE COURSES OVERALL HIGHER EDUCATION +21% +2% EDUCATION 75% Ist OF AMERICAN INTERNET USERS PAY THEIR BILLS ONLINE PAYING BILLS THE SINGLE MOST POPULAR METHOD AMONG INTERNET USERS 20 MILLION AMERICANS ON DATING SITES 30% OF INTERNET USERS HAVE TRIED ONLINE DATING 542 RELATION- SHIPS PEOPLE IN THE US MARRIED EACH DAY THROUGH EHARMONY 96% OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT OWNERS DONT USE IT $130 2.5 HOURS OF "MODERATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERY WEEK IS RECCOMMENDED BY THE CDC IS SPENT EACH YEAR IN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS ON EXERCISE EQUIPMENT EXERCISE 17.2 MILLION TELECOMMUTERS IN 2008 $14 BILLION 40% WHAT THE GOV'T WOULD SAVE ANNUALLY IF ALL TELEWORK-ELIGIBLE FEDERAL WORKERS DID SO FULL TIME OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE COULD WORK FROM HOME AT LEAST PART OF THE TIME 21.5 BILLION POUNDS OF POLLUTION THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED EACH YEAR WORK ALL 50 US STATES WHERE ONLINE GROCERY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOOD $12 BILLION REVENUE FOR ONLINE GROCERIES IN 2011 25% OF INTERNET USERS MAKE MEDICAL SEARCHES CYBERCHONDRIA THE BELIEF THAT YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE ILLNESS AFTER GOOGLING YOUR SYMPTOMS HEALTH 510 MILLION ONLINE GAMERS WORLDWIDE NEARLY HALF OF AMERICAN ADULTS USE SOCIAL NETWORKS AN AVERAGE OF SOCIALIZING 229 FRIENDS DER FACEBOOK USER By CollegeAtHome.com REFERENCES http://newsroom fiserv.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid= 330647 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/19date.html?scp=1&sq= online%20dating&st=cseh ttp //articles.nydailynews.com/2010- 02-16/entertainment/27056462_1_new-poll-web-users-internet http://www.eharmony.com/press/release/31 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/125/technology/internet/25sy http://www.census gov/retail/mrts/www/data/pdt/ec_current.pdf http://seekingalpha.com/article/250507-amazon-positioned-for- 50-overall-market-share-by-end-of-2012 http://stevensoncompany.com/2011/03/10/amazon-market-share-increases/ http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_R eleases_June_201_US_Online_Video_Rankings http://www.livestrong.com/article/487016-the-average-money- spent-on-gym-equipment/ http://books.google.com/books?id=FBWT8-2- XakC&printsec=frontcover&rview=1&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=O#v= onepage&a&t=false http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/adults.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommuting http://www.pewinternet.org/-/media/Files/Reports/201/PIP%20%20Social% 20networking%2Osites%20and%20our%20lives.pdf mptoms. html http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/survey05.asp http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/percentage-of- americans-with-phobias.html http://blog laptopmag.com/are-you-a-netbook-hermit http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/109548/20110207/most- amercans-do-not-travel-abroad-u-s-office-of-travel-and-touris m-otti-us-tourism.htm http://www.spilgames.com/content/spil-games-unveils-2010- state-gaming-report