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Global Trends
Hans Rosling
TED video ... How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5xF-UYgdg
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
2,647,986 views Sep 11, 2014
TED 20.1M subscribers
How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know. Play along with his audience quiz — then, from Hans’ son Ola, learn 4 ways to quickly get less ignorant.
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