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20:36 · 4.4M views · Jan 16, 2007
Hans Rosling uses the Gapminder animated-data tool to debunk myths about world development, with sportscaster-like energy. It shows trends in health, income and child survival across countries.
HN invokes it as the classic evidence that the world has improved and that people misjudge it, and as an example of great data presentation.
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You should check out the book Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Rosling, a now deceased Swedish doctor, makes the case that the world has improved immensely over the past two centuries. He backs it up with copious statistics from the UN and other international NPOs. Rosling also gave one of the best TED talks ever: this video
The choices are deliberately wide. The idea is that people are unable to make even broad estimates of the state of the world correctly. This classic TED talk [0] by Hans Rosling presents the same idea. I recommend watching all his other talks as well [e.g., 1-2]. [0] this video [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK]
Probably been posted a lot before but always worth a watch. this video The Great Hans Rosling. His book is well worth a read as well.
80% of everything is crap. And yet the original 2007 Gapminder talk[1] still surprised and educates people today [1] this video
This kind of data was shown by late Hans Rosling and his foundation Gapminder¹. He gave a Ted talk² about similar subjects as well, and I find him an excellent lecturer. ¹ [LINK] ² this video