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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC

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What it is

Hans Rosling uses augmented-reality animation to show 200 countries over 200 years in four minutes, built from 120,000 data points. It tracks life expectancy and income to show the world's development.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters send it as a short antidote to cynicism, showing long-term global progress and the shrinking gap between rich and poor countries.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 12 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “anytime I feel similar to the OP, I watch something by Hans Rosling [1]”

    Reassuring perspective that human progress continues slowly in the background

    somethoughts, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?”

  2. “I always liked watching this when I was feeling especially cynical about the overall trajectory of the world”

    Antidote to cynicism about the world's trajectory

    SeanAnderson, 2023-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft”

  3. “Spend five minutes and watch this. Amazing presentation my Hans Rausling”

    Amazing five-minute presentation on rising global prosperity

    sethammons, 2023-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Are You a Late Bloomer in Work or Love? Maybe You’re Right on Time”

  4. “Concisely sums up everything good about free-market capitalism.”

    Concise data visualization of global development and capitalism's gains.

    thret, 2011-01 · Recommendation · in “How to Make Trillions of Dollars”

  5. “a far cooler visualization in my book!”

    Animated visualization of 200 years of life expectancy by country

    KingOfB, 2011-11 · Recommendation · in “Visualizing how a population grows to 7 billion.”

  6. “For perspective, take 5 minutes to watch”

    Short view of global progress showing poor countries improving

    btilly, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “High-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain than sugar (2010)”

  7. “Hans Rosling's thing is interesting showing Africa catching a bit towards the end”

    Shows Africa catching up toward the end of the animation

    tim333, 2016-04 · Recommendation · in “Business in Africa: 1.2B opportunities”

  8. “Over the past 200 years, the difference between 1st world and 3rd world has all but vanished.”

    Shows the gap between rich and poor countries shrinking over 200 years

    Swizec, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “The fight to cheat death is heating up”

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Topics: hans rosling, data visualization, life expectancy, poverty, gapminder

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