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How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Data visualization & information designData science & statisticsSocial issues & culture

What it is

Hans Rosling and his son Ola run an audience quiz with global population, health and income data to show how wrong most people are about the world. Ola then gives four ways to get less ignorant.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as evidence that the world is improving despite negative news, and for how people misjudge global trends.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “You really should watch this Hans Rosling's TED talk”

    Data showing the world is improving

    ptaipale, 2015-10 · Strong recommendation · in “'Extreme poverty' to fall below 10% of world population for first time”

  2. “It's a very good presentation.”

    Source of the commenter's understanding

    Baeocystin, 2020-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper (1807)”

  3. “covers this topic well. Objectively the world is improving for humanity”

    Shows the world improving despite perception

    sekou, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Is the World Falling Apart? Not at All”

  4. “how bad people thought the world was compared to how it actually is”

    How people misjudge how bad the world is

    NalNezumi, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Mean World Syndrome”

  5. “The brothers Rosling have a nice talk about how all the big stats are improving globally”

    Global stats on health, education and poverty improving

    thomashop, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “Meta releases New SOTA Text to Music generator better than MusicLM”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: hans rosling, world progress, misconceptions, global health, poverty

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