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Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stat watch!

ted.com — You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."

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  • healthinformer, on 08/30/2008, -0/+10Thanks for sharing this. I do international health education and this was one of the best lectures I have heard in a long time.
  • BarbaraRae, on 08/30/2008, -0/+9This was very good information!
  • inactive, on 08/31/2008, -0/+5Learn something new every day. Quality information!
  • RedStateRetard, on 08/31/2008, -1/+6Great presentation, top notch architecture of information. Edward Tuft would be proud.

    This should be presented for ID magazine's annual award issue.

    p.s. woot! Go Vanguard emerging markets mutual fund.
  • BHman, on 08/31/2008, -1/+4Great digg, very interesting.
  • Mish69, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3Simply brilliant.
  • RemBeatZ, on 08/31/2008, -1/+3Dugg. Thanks for sharing this with me ;)
  • inactive, on 08/31/2008, -1/+3Awesome presentation, awesome data tool! If you use Google Spreadsheets you can you can create an interactive motion chart yourself using the trendanalyser as a Google Gadget...
    http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/b ...
  • kingofinternet, on 08/31/2008, -2/+3what an awesome professor.
  • MedicalMatt, on 01/01/2009, -0/+1dead link
  • paulrutherford, on 09/14/2008, -0/+1Rosling is wonderful. If you love this, get hold of a copy of "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" by Edward Tufte. Not as animated, but it contains wonderful examples of communicating complexity with great clarity.
  • MedicalMatt, on 01/01/2009, -0/+1for US check out www.KFF.org
  • EIEAviv2008, on 08/31/2008, -1/+1These needs to be presented in schools, then maybe we will have less ignorant people
  • hiPpymIck, on 08/31/2008, -2/+1IMHO

    good practice for interpreting
    the lies damn lies and statistics
    youll be hearing from both sides
    in your upcoming presidential election

    (assuming you agree politics is 90% *****)

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