Debunking myths about the "Third World"

[erikneo]

This global health visionary has discovered a powerful new way to communicate complex data about the world; his remarkable interactive graphs help deliver profound insights about global trends and will change forever the way you think about "us" and "them."


Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen - YouTube

[revolutionary_jam]

cool vid

problem though is it sort of promotes the completely unsustainable "free-market" system as the solution to third world problems :/

not a good solution unless you want to destroy the world!

A resource-based system is more favourable.

[revolutionary_jam]

one other weakness is you don't know if the figures are adjusted for inflation, if not the visuals are a bit misleading, and he doesn't suggest they are x