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Hans Rosling On Statistics, The Developing World & HIV – You’ve Never Seen Data Presented Like This!

natalie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:25:03 +0000

If you’re like me, statistics is not the most exciting way to explore a subject. And yet here, in three great TED talks from 2006, 2007 and 2009, Hans Rolsing challenge conceptions on Poverty and the Developing world, uses data patterns to untangle the complex risk factors of HIV and creates a visual picture of what is – and can be.

Be warned: You may never look at statistics, HIV and the so-called ‘developing world’ in the same way again.

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2009:

P.S. You may also enjoy his initiative Gap Minder -”unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view”. And if you are wondering whether TED talks/speakers ideas have impact? Since May 2007 the UN have made their statistics freely available.

Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge And His Journey Since

natalie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:36:02 +0000

Watch TED Fellow, development economist and political scientist Sophal Ear as he shares his deeply personal story of how his family escaped from the Khmer Rouge:

And then wander over to the TED blog to read a treat of a Q&A: more of his personal refugee experience and his path in international policy and development. You can also read his mother Cam Youk Lim’s story, as told to him, in this NYtimes article.

P.S. Am getting excited for the talks that will come out of TEDGlobal – happening in Oxford next week!

TEDTalks Open Translation Project Just Launched and Hebrew Up There with the Most Translated To

maya — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:41:38 +0000

TED just launched the new Open Translation Project which brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.

The most translated TEDTalk (24 languages!) is this exciting talk by Hans Rosling, which with the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, debunks myths about the so-called “developing world”. To watch this with Hebrew translation go here.