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Forum Post: Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks

Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 22, 2011, 11:30 p.m. EST by focus01 (21) from Queens, NY
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Fantastic !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w&feature=relmfu

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[-] 1 points by AFarewellToKings (1486) 12 years ago

Thanks for posting this. I watched his population growth vid too and it is very sobering. There is a connection to OWS in that it becomes clear that gross 'inequality' is the enemy of us all. A point also made abundantly clear in Zeitgeist:Moving Forward, a film that climaxed with the global protest a la OWS. Another world is possible and clearly desirable.

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[-] 0 points by focus01 (21) from Queens, NY 12 years ago

you completely took away the wrong message lol!!! we are all making tremendous progress except for the really oppressive countries. I guess you are just a really negative person.

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[-] 1 points by AFarewellToKings (1486) 12 years ago

The vid you posted was about tremendous progress. I was referring to his projections in the population vid. Not so shiny happy unless we focus on the very poor 2 billion. You guess wrong, go fuck yourself.

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[-] 0 points by focus01 (21) from Queens, NY 12 years ago

Why do "we" need to focus on the 2 billion poor? why is it not the responsibility of those countries leaders? or the rest of the world? We give more aid than any other country already . Merry Christmas

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[-] 1 points by FreedomIsFree (340) 12 years ago

one of my favorites. Seriously empowering. His horse-race type narrations of the data over time is classic. never gets old.

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