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How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

TED · 3.1M views · 2014-09-11 · 19:10

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Hans Rosling and his son Ola run an audience quiz with global population, health and income data to show how wrong most people are about the world. Ola then gives four ways to get less ignorant.

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Recommended by 5 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2015–2023

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Baeocystin · 2021-03 · Strong recommendation

I'm not sure if capitalism deserves the credit or not, but you are completely correct when you say that life is much, much better now than it was even in the recent past. To those who doubt this: Please watch Hans Rosling's talk first, which I will link below. I promise it is not a waste of your time. [VIDEO]

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Baeocystin · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation

Not the person you were responding to, but I learned it from this TED talk: [VIDEO] (Not joking in the least. It's a very good presentation. Title is: How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling)

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ptaipale · 2015-10 · Strong recommendation

You really should watch this Hans Rosling's TED talk: [VIDEO] It's not misleading. Malnutrition is going down, lack of education is going down, lack of access to healthcare is going down. The more you read the Guardian, the more you have misconceptions about how bad the world is developing.

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