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laodan rated 7 months ago- Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen. on YouTube a talk by Hans Rosling
You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world" using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop. Asian countries, as colorful bubbles, float across the grid -- toward better national health and wealth. Animated bell curves representing national income distribution squish and flatten. In Rosling's hands, global trends -- life expectancy, child mortality, poverty rates -- become clear, intuitive and even playful. Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w Firefox users should install "video embed" and greasemonkey to view this embedded video. An excellent presentation of world health statistics and their movement in time. There should be no doubt left that the increase in life expectancy experienced by all nations entering modernity is not primarily provoked by the spread of modern medicine but well by the application of simple hygiene principles. Among those the distribution of drinkable water to people's houses has assuredly acted as the most determinant parameter...
- Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen. on YouTube a talk by Hans Rosling
