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August 5, 2007
Things Just May Be Better Than You Think: 'New insights on poverty and life around the world'
Topics: Human InterestIn his 2006 TED lecture (Technology, Entertainment, Design, Professor of International Health), Hans Rosling, shows that, contrary to rumors, the end is not yet almost upon us. Complex global trends in life expectancy, child mortality and poverty are revealed in ways that may surprise you.
As David Thompson notes: "See the world changing. Marxists please take note."
Professor Rosling's follow-up lecture, filmed in March 2007, can be viewed here. More at TEDblog.Don't miss watching Professor Rosling's presentation all the way through. His analysis of data, along with his humor, is both interesting and highly informative.
Posted by Richard at August 5, 2007 9:41 AM
When people realize that NO MORE KIDS might stop all this poverty/hunger/overcrowding .......things will be better.
If you donot have the resources then you donot expand.
Posted by: Jeanette at August 5, 2007 4:05 PM
"When people realize that NO MORE KIDS might stop all this poverty/hunger/overcrowding .......things will be better."
How about no more immigration. Liberals are always whining about the amount of resources that First World countries like the United States consume. What they fail to note is that the only thing driving population growth in First World countries is the immigration of high fertility Third World inhabitants.
Posted by: tommy at August 5, 2007 8:36 PM
I like Tommy's point:"The only thing driving population growth in First World countries is the immigration of high fertility Third World inhabitants." And I'm amazed at how the fact flies over the head of so many so-called "intellectual elites"!
Posted by: Abdul at August 6, 2007 11:37 AM
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