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Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Data visualization & information designSocial issues & culture

What it is

Hans Rosling's TED@Cannes talk uses boxes and animated data graphics to show how world population will grow to about 9 billion. He argues that raising living standards for the poorest is what reduces population growth.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a data-driven, worldview-changing explanation of why global population will level off.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Totally changed (well, confirmed) my world view. Start here”

    Rosling's talks on population growth, poverty and development

    radicalbyte, 2017-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Hans Rosling has died”

  2. “this talk by Hans Rosling could be a resourceful addition to the topic”

    Relevant talk on population growth

    polycaster, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “The world might run out of people (2019)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: hans rosling, demographics, child mortality, data visualization, development

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