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See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling Rönnlund

TED · 881.7K views · 2018-01-18 · 11:42

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Anna Rosling Rönnlund presents Dollar Street, a project photographing homes in dozens of countries, from stoves to beds to toilets, and sorting them by income. She shows how data visualization can change how we see the world.

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HN recommends it as an insightful, perspective-giving look at how people live across income levels, useful as a counter to pessimism.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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somethoughts · 2023-01 · Recommendation

This is just personal but anytime I feel similar to the OP, I watch something by Hans Rosling [1] or Anna Rosling [2]. Although 10 and 5 years old respectively, I feel the general sentiment is still true - that human progress is slow, in the background and might be ebbing and flowing in your specific sub-population. And when compared to the present, media narrative driven present its hard to see the improvements happening across the global population. It helps me put stuff in perspective - of course mileage may var (and maybe it's just helping me delude myself into getting out a funk but it works!). [1] Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - [LINK] [2] See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income - Anna Rosling Rönnlund [VIDEO]

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shalmanese · 2018-05 · Recommendation

This TED talk [1] about seeing how the rest of the world lives was very insightful for me. Anna Rosling Rönnlund (Hans Rosling's daughter in law) went to 264 homes of varying income levels and took photos of beds, stoves, toys and other standardized goods. When sorting by income level, you can spot globalized trends by income regardless of nationality. [1] [VIDEO]

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walterbell · 2022-05 · Reference

From [LINK] > We want to show how people really live. It seemed natural to use photos as data so people can see for themselves what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets you visit many, many homes all over the world. Without travelling ... A team of photographers have documented over 264 homes in 50 countries so far, and the list is growing. In each home the photographer spends a day taking photos of up to 135 objects, like the family’s toothbrushes or favorite pair of shoes. All photos are then tagged (household function, family name and income) ... Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious or economic affiliations. Video (2018): [VIDEO]

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