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A crash course in changing the world.
A fact based world view........ what a novel concept!
If you have ever used or heard the phrase "the developing world" then I recommend that you listen to the words of Dr. Hans Rosling. Any of you who found you way here through TED.com as I did might already be familiar with the wonderful talks given by Dr. Rosling. Using a brilliant visual graphing program called gapminder, Dr. Rosling has set about to change the way in which the world views itself.
Personally, I was truly inspired the very first time I watched one of Dr. Rosling's talks on TED. Since that time I would like to believe that I have taken Dr. Rosling's vision for a fact based world view and begun to help plant the seeds for its growth. I encourage all of you to watch this profound man's talks and to ask yourself if your world view is in line with what is actually going on in the world.
I will be shadowing Dr. Rosling via his twitter feed and his TED talks. Moving forward I will be attempting to contact Dr. Rosling to further thank him for inspiring me and also to question one of the greatest thinkers in the world today.
-mike
For Reference:
http://www.gapminder.org ; (Gapminder home page)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_at_state.html ; (Dr Rosling at the State Department)
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_pover...; (Dr. Rosling's new insights on poverty)
Personally, I was truly inspired the very first time I watched one of Dr. Rosling's talks on TED. Since that time I would like to believe that I have taken Dr. Rosling's vision for a fact based world view and begun to help plant the seeds for its growth. I encourage all of you to watch this profound man's talks and to ask yourself if your world view is in line with what is actually going on in the world.
I will be shadowing Dr. Rosling via his twitter feed and his TED talks. Moving forward I will be attempting to contact Dr. Rosling to further thank him for inspiring me and also to question one of the greatest thinkers in the world today.
-mike
For Reference:
http://www.gapminder.org ; (Gapminder home page)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_at_state.html ; (Dr Rosling at the State Department)
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_pover...; (Dr. Rosling's new insights on poverty)
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Comment by Per-Erik Daniel Eriksson on March 24, 2010 at 10:06am
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I first discovered Dr Rosling when I watched a doc**entary in Swedish Television. I fell in love at once! The world would really be better off if policy makers adopted a more fact based world.
I admire his remarkable ability to always surprise the audience, for example when he swallowed a sword to prove that the seemingly impossible is possible. In 2005 he made a really emotional performance in a radio programme in Sweden [Swedish]. I see you don't understand Swedish, but there may be some one else who does. Your name suggest you have a Swedish heritage though, could that be?
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Comment by ben on March 24, 2010 at 10:20am
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I din't think you could have chosen a better, more inspiring thinker then Hans Rosling. Nice one Mike...I look forward to hearing more about what he's doing and how he doing it.
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 24, 2010 at 10:44am
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+1 KS. Amazing man, amazing mind.
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Comment by Michael Davidson on March 24, 2010 at 6:46pm
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Per-Erik, you're right in that I don't understand Swedish at all. As far as my heritage goes, my mother's side of the family is from Denmark. So, I don't know whether or not I have any direct swede heritage, but with mom's family coming from right next door it would be hard for me to imagine that I don't have at least a little swede somewhere in my bloodline. Thanks for the comment.
one love
-mike
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