http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627606.300-living-in-denial-unleashing-a-lie.html?full=true
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20100512/the-better-brick-2010-next-generation-winner
You could have bought an Apple PowerBook G3 250 for $5700 in 1997. But if you had invested that money in Apple stock, it would be worth about $330,000 today.