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The best stats you've ever seen - Hans Rosling

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You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."

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As Rosling talks about wealth (GDP per capita) and child survival rates, what point is he trying to make when he splits regions like Latin America and Africa apart into their component countries?

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He can make the animation super-bubbly

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Regional data can be misleading because there’s so much variation by country

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Things look like they’re improving, but it’s really not so

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Country specific data is hard to track because of colonization, civil wars and other factors

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