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

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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
TED
Topic
global development statistics
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2015–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • You really should watch this Hans Rosling's TED talk: [VIDEO] It's not misleading. Malnutrition is going down, lack of education is going down, lack of access to healthcare is going down. The more you read the Guardian, the more you have misconceptions about how bad …

    ptaipale on Hacker News · 2015-10
    In 'Extreme poverty' to fall below 10% of world population for first time

  • Not the person you were responding to, but I learned it from this TED talk: [VIDEO] (Not joking in the least. It's a very good presentation. Title is: How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling)

    Baeocystin on Hacker News · 2020-09
    In Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper (1807)

  • I'm not sure if capitalism deserves the credit or not, but you are completely correct when you say that life is much, much better now than it was even in the recent past. To those who doubt this: Please watch Hans Rosling's talk first, which …

    Baeocystin on Hacker News · 2021-03
    In The Microwave Economy

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