Gapminder

The USA leads the way

Hans Rosling again, this time explaining to the US State Department that datasets beat mindsets. He shows them (among other things) that even in sub-Saharan Africa has countries as advanced and well off as the US. is today. He says to beware of lumping all of Africa together. Within parts of the poorest sub-Saharan countriesContinue reading “The USA leads the way”

Should there be a new way of living for the top one billion? – The Hans Rosling edition

TED video, “Hans Rosling explains why ending poverty” and increasing wealth “– over the coming decades – is crucial to stop population.” http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

If you’ve not discovered Gapminder, try it. It’s amazing. It shows demographic trends. Graphically. Click here and see how life expectancy at birth and number of children born per woman changes. http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Here, Hans Rosling explains his reasons for developing Gapminder and how it helps to debunk myths about the developed and developing world. FromContinue reading “Gapminder”