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Religions and babies | Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling's TEDxSummit talk asks whether some religions have higher birth rates and how that affects population growth. He charts data across time and religions and reaches a surprising conclusion about fertility.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended whenever population growth comes up, as a data-driven correction to common assumptions.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
TED
Topic
global population growth
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2013–2024

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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  • Funny thing is, we "know" relatively good, what the maximum of earths population will be and why. And we know (also relatively good) how fast we will lift people from poverty, given the actual and historical numbers. Hans Rosling showed it quite well in a …

    sdoering on Hacker News · 2013-11
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  • > You are right, what nature actually cares greatly, is about exponential population growth with no regard for future sustainability. Perfect, I was waiting for you to say this. Now I have the chance to educate you (which should have been done by your "superior …

    familysized on Hacker News · 2019-09
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