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The best stats you've ever seen | Hans Rosling

TED · 4.4M views · 2007-01-16 · 20:36

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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.

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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.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2013–2026

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sdht0 · 2021-05 · Strong recommendation

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] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK]

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mywacaday · 2020-06 · Strong recommendation

Probably been posted a lot before but always worth a watch. [VIDEO] The Great Hans Rosling. His book is well worth a read as well.

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jsperson · 2019-09 · Strong recommendation

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: [VIDEO]

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