The Super Interesting Gapminder by Hans Rosling - (How not to be ignorant about the World)

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Gapminder – Hans Rosling

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 The Swedish scientist Hans Rosling had been working with 

developmental data for over 30 years— but it took a great visualization and a 2007 TED talk for him to share his passion with the world. 

His original viz (now one of many) shows the relationship between income and life expectancy in 200 countries over 200 years, in just four minutes. The data is simple but Rosling’s visual storytelling transformed how people approach data presentation. 


https://www.gapminder.org/

Almost nobody knows the basic global facts!

Take the Gapminder Test:



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How not to be ignorant about the World

Ola Rosling & Hans Rosling show simple rules of thumb for dismantling global misconceptions and beating chimpanzees.

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