Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks

http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

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[Proteus6684]

@TheAwness Because a study found that smart people arn`t having enough children and the prolitarian mob are breeding like rabbits so the idiots are literally out breeding the more intelligent people and thats why Lady Gaga has more hits than these incerdible talks and yes my friend....we who enjoy these Tedtalk vids are infact in a dwindling minority! Sorry to remind you that We`re fucked unless the nerds out there get breedin so drop the damn calculators nerds and get jiggy wit it!!

[JWXendra]

@pariruramp The program is free, non-profit, and tries to give people easy access to global data. So what's your problem?

[VTECZpirates]

5:13 Y U NO LINUX

[gyllentupp]

@Liutox008:

he had a blog at blogspot in 2007. You can check swedish wikipedia.

[ElveeKaye]

We are living in an age when there is so much data available that we don't know how to analyze it or make practical use of it. The result is that most people don't even bother, as it is hard to wrap one's mind around such huge amounts of information. Hans makes it all interesting with graphics that are easy to comprehend, and he makes you excited to learn about what is normally considered a boring subject.

[vesji]

@Proteus6684 Ha! Genius!

[Liutox008]

I tried to google about this guy Nothing online anyone got any idea???

[HurricaneAndr3w]

Dan Rosling at a TEDtalk with possibilities that will make your eyes dance. Big Data + Visualization ≠ Boring

[Canuto88]

Amazing speech. Thank you very much.

[alainet]

13:13 See the example of the investment of money to increase health conditions in the United Arab emirates compared to other nations.