With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the “developing” world.
(Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35) – More here.
Using an set of amazing data presentation tool, Rosling is able to show that all that data that world governments have been collecting for years should not just be sitting around some place, but rather be put to good use. He litterly makes the data into something beautiful. Presenting it in such a way that it is no longer a serious of numbers but rather something that almost anyone can grasp and understand. His blog lays out various ways in which the data can be used to help inform policy, and make real substanative changes in the world.
Rosling is professor of of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life.
Wow! Where were professors like this when I went to grad school? He is not only clear and logical, but his humor is completely disarming. His briefing is important too for every policy maker. It forces one to reexamine stereotypes and check our assumptions.
The one thing he alluded to, was that market economies seems to be a precursor to any tide that lifts all boats in any country.