Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty

http://www.ted.com Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.

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[Luiz Duarte]

I'm from a so called emerging country, Brazil. If you check the HDI of my country today, it's not very diffrent from an average european country forty years ago.

The world is getting better as a whole. And if we find a way to replace fossil fuels, and we don't get in stupid, endless wars, it will continue to do so.

[learrus]

This is brilliant..

Normally I can find a fault to argue on anything; but this guy has his shit wrapped up tighter then a vacuum sealed brick of BC Bud...

[DemonofChaos264]

Lol 8:47

[dreyeresther]

Are people in Africa unhappy? Why does every other country on earth want to "uplift" African countries? So we become sceptical, obese and unhappy? No, thank you. I very much enjoy my simple African life.

[aludolph jack]

Wow. Unbelievable.

[ancmoto]

If you laugh during this vid you are a nerd, and I lold hard

[Roisin Mc Auley]

When you travel and walk down the main street and then the side streets,out to the country, you see. You just have to open your eyes. Can we see how much each country polluted in the 60's and today? What about causes of death. These stats are all relative to industrialization, however something is missing. Diet is also relevant and morphology. Very interesting and funny.

[ax2kool]

My goodness. That was best TED presentation I've ever seen. From the data to statistics to the vision to doing the impossible. Yes, Sir Roling, the seemingly impossible is possible.

[toaojackson7447]

infant mortality is only called infant mortality when the you attempt to save the child, so it makes sense that more advanced countries for instance the US would have a lag because they always try to save the child.

[Steve Garcia]

Hey, kid, we used to have an institution that told us we were all evil and that we should go around and beat up on ourselves, rending our clothing, that we sucked, and we weren't worth shit. It was called the Church. And they kept the world thinking misery, misery, misery. The farther we've gotten from that, the happier we've gotten, the better we've made our lives. Google (Rational Optimist) "Matt Ridley greening" to get another perspective on the "We are killing the planet" meme.

[CorrozyUFIAN]

damn, he really did swallow the SWORD :D