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See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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What it is

Anna Rosling Rönnlund presents Dollar Street, a project photographing homes in dozens of countries, from stoves to beds to toilets, and sorting them by income. She shows how data visualization can change how we see the world.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an insightful, perspective-giving look at how people live across income levels, useful as a counter to pessimism.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “was very insightful for me”

    Photos of homes sorted by income reveal global trends

    shalmanese, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Statistics, Fast and Slow”

  2. “It helps me put stuff in perspective”

    Perspective on global progress when feeling pessimistic

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

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

Topics: dollar street, income, data visualization, gapminder, photography

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