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80% of everything is crap. And yet the original 2007 Gapminder talk1 still surprised and educates people today 1 link to this video
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The best stats you've ever seen | Hans Rosling
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- Recommended by 5 people: 5 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2013 to 2026.
- Presented by Hans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation
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Hans Rosling uses dynamic, animated data visualizations to debunk common myths about global health and economic development.
ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives facebook.com/TEDWhy it's here
5 people recommend thisWhat people say. Widely recommended as a masterclass in data visualization and storytelling, showing how to make complex statistics engaging and clear.
jspersonon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Economists don’t understand much about the macroeconomy”
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: link to this video
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On “Fighting poverty accidentally stopped deforestation”
Probably been posted a lot before but always worth a watch. link to this video The Great Hans Rosling. His book is well worth a read as well.
sdht0on Hacker News • Recommends
On “Gapminder: A non-profit fighting global misconceptions”
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 link to this video 1 link 2 link
mzion Hacker News • Recommends
On “Child marriages plunged when girls stayed in school in Nigeria”
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 link to this video
trevorstrohmanon Hacker News • Mentions
On “The real use of money is to buy freedom”
This Hans Rosling talk from a few years ago shows how most indicators are improving worldwide (e.g. reductions in child mortality, GDP per capita). link to this video
oconnor663on Hacker News • Mentions
On “Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators”
> If you buy some shares in M&S or BP on the stock market, the money you pay goes to the previous owner, not the company. You are what Keynes called a ‘functionless investor.’ When such so-called ‘investments’ pay off they extract wealth from the economy without creating anything in return. This doesn't seem very coherent. How could a company ever sell stock to raise capital, if the people who bought that stock didn't have a functioning market to resell it on? Obligatory link to Hans Rosling's economic play-by-play of the last 50 years: link to this video
keanzuon Hacker News • Mentions
On “James Lovelock: 'I Would Not Waste My Fortune on Colonizing Mars'”
> if you try to objectively make life better for the billions According to Hans Rosling the world has already changed dramatically for the better, you just didn't notice. link to this video
asjwon Hacker News • Mentions
On “A New Cold War Has Begun (2019)”
Hans Rosling explained very well why advancements in National wealth leads to smaller families (less children per family) and longer lives It's linked to becoming richer countries, which China has become link to this video
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On “Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing”
…stern countries would make people more aware, but western governments are only concerned with maintaining global western hegemony which requires falsely accusing the rest of the world and keeping their citizens ignorant. Also, you can't force people to have less children, that's inhumane. I suggest you go through the following links. link link link to this video link link…
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On “100 years of whatever this will be”
By every measurable metric, Humanity has gotten better. Longer lifespan, lower child mortality, better education, easier access to basic life neccessities and goods, (ironic to say at this time but yes even) better health, etc etc etc. We live in an age where every problem is weaponised and we are hyperaware of the problems now so that we don't see all the progrees that is done. link link to this video
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On “Ask HN: I am losing hope in humanity. What should I do?”
>Is losing faith/hope in humanity something others experience as well? Generally considered the 'doomer' political circle. No proper political alignment, often seen as purple or populist. Also not necessarily a pessimistic world view. >s it due to the way i perceive things (i.e. my entourage)? Most likely yes, but can be independently derived. >Am I in a bubble and I don't see it? How do I get out? Should I be in a bubble to keep my sanity? How do I build those filters? Everyone is in a bubble. Imagine a venn diagram of things you know and things you dont know. That's your bubble. Being in a bubble isn't inherently bad. Being in an echo chamber is bad and the probability you are in an echo c…
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On “A woman bought a vintage dress. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note”
Having more children is near-universal reaction to poor child survival rate, and vice versa. (Though usually it's not about the offspring dying as adults .) link to this video
vishalonthelineon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27B fraud case”
Hans Rossling's talk, "The best stats you've ever seen" had something to say about this: link to this video Urbanization and education are the two most effective ways of getting a population to have fewer children. Singapore is a highly educated and urbanized country.
Gudon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”
This is completely wrong. Even “the poor” in most parts of the world has a pretty good life weight where they are. link to this video