Upgrade your browser!

Skip to Content

Videos / Random Videos /

Hans Rosling TED Presentation

One of the best presentations at TED in 2007. He also did one in 2006.

  • JasonX
  • posted by JasonX
  • Date 1/13/2008 11:05:37 PM
  • Views: 4089
  • All Ages
  • All Ages

Related Media

  • Video:Funny Cats
  • Funny Cats
  • A new cat video for the upcoming holidays!!
  • Votes 4.69/5 - Views 3509 - Comments 18
  • Video:Tug-O-Face
  • Tug-O-Face
  • Another Japanese game, almost similar to the marshmallo. . .
  • Votes 4.56/5 - Views 1166 - Comments 8
  • Video:TUF Dave Kaplan KO
  • TUF Dave Kaplan KO
  • Dave Kaplan; a 155 pound fighter gets drunk and begs To. . .
  • Votes 4.4/5 - Views 268 - Comments 3

View All

Your Macromedia's Flash Player
may be out of date

Click here to upgrade your flash player.

You may also get this message if you have disabled your javascript. You must enable it to view videos.



Trouble playing the video? Click here to download the original.

Rate This Video:
Rate it 0.5 Rate it 1.0 Rate it 1.5 Rate it 2.0 Rate it 2.5 Rate it 3.0 Rate it 3.5 Rate it 4.0 Rate it 4.5 Rate it 5.0

4.66 out of 5 based on 537 votes

Rating Results:
Earn XP by sharing this video!
learn more

Video URL:

Embedded Link:

Send This Video To A Cell Phone! Digg

15 Comments

Current View: 15 / Show all Comments

Flynn_2006 : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Flynn_2006

12 votes NegativePositive

313 days 15 hours ago...

me like the swedes.

blue_devil : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

blue_devil

4 votes NegativePositive

313 days 14 hours ago...

motivation is the key to success

skitzoblitz : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

skitzoblitz

13 votes NegativePositive

313 days 9 hours ago...

that dude was awesome i thought he was going to do some sort of euro trance dance or something when he took off his shirt but then woah total blindside im gonna eat a sword instead 5/5

gr0g : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

gr0g

5 votes NegativePositive

313 days 9 hours ago...

and what a finish!

JasonX : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

JasonX

6 votes NegativePositive

313 days 6 hours ago...

The tool that he uses for his presentation can be found here. And of course, Google has already bought it.

www.gapminder.org/world

paojon5 : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

paojon5

22 votes NegativePositive

312 days 23 hours ago...

I just absolutely love TED. I wish they can air all of their presentations on tv across the world; get more people out of their ignorances.

run2ron : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

run2ron

3 votes NegativePositive

312 days 15 hours ago...

did not expect that ending there lol

importrx7 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

importrx7

3 votes NegativePositive

312 days 14 hours ago...

brilliant

Omnicron.4735 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Omnicron.4735

4 votes NegativePositive

312 days 14 hours ago...

Amazing talk!
Amazing stunt at the end!
Anything is possible.

EntropY* : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

EntropY*

4 votes NegativePositive

312 days 13 hours ago...

I like his message; it`s not GDP that`s important; it`s health, it`s culture, infrastructure, things to accomodate people. Economy is a reflection of that.

Now lets beat that through the eyes of Washington.

crimsonhaz3 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

crimsonhaz3

1 votes NegativePositive

312 days 10 hours ago...

There`s something emotionless about statistics, they seem to separate everything, just like how they were colored differently on the screen. I`d rather look at the world as a whole, or atleast chain linked, where if one nation succeeds, they take the surrouding nations with it, and serve as a model for future development, and vice versa. Developing nations now have a better chance than the ones that were in the forefront back in the days. Technology is shared and sold now, so is medicine, food supply, information (thanks to the internet). There`s no number you can give war, bad politics, and religion that weigh heavily on those statistics as well. They`re the things that break the chain thats holding the world together.

We CAN end poverty, but we have to get past the hate.

kidl33t : LVL 6: VP 1.5: said:

kidl33t

10 votes NegativePositive

312 days 7 hours ago...

5/5 for the first TED talk with nipples.

Tofi : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

Tofi

0 votes NegativePositive

312 days 6 hours ago...

Haha i was about to say that that guy was surprisingly normal for a swede... Well then comes the gay ending :D

Lol but hey was great fun! 5/5

corilion : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

corilion

3 votes NegativePositive

312 days 6 hours ago...

I get what you are saying crimson but in the specific subject of statistics the whole point is to break down the parts of the whole to its more basic elements so they can be studied. Also, there IS something emotionless about statistics....and toilets. Toilets are made to crap so its not bad that theres something emotionless about them, statistics are used for research so, again, no fault in being emotionless. I recommend looking for emotional satisfaction elsewhere :)

crimsonhaz3 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

crimsonhaz3

3 votes NegativePositive

312 days 5 hours ago...

^Yea, should have elaborated more, sorry.

The statistics he was showing was not only the past, but a theoretical future, as shown when he dragged the bar to the far right - into the year 2050. Your toilet certainly can`t do that, lol. That`s absolutely fine, statistics are supposed to be studied, as you say, to predict the future. They take variables, that CAN be observed and recorded, like GDP, life expectancy, carbon dioxide emission, and make an educated assumption on what the future looks like. What I meant by emotionless was the flexibility of those statistics, not the literal meaning. Global warming(effects of CDE), War, and lack of food and resources like oil are probably the most likely hinderance to the development of countries, and a breakstop to those stats - and may completely reverse the already developed ones, and drown them into the ocean!

Rosling gets really excited about the end to poverty, based on those statistics. "The seemingly impossible IS possible" as he puts it himself. I admire the man, he gives me hope. 5/5 for the speech alone. The statistics just didn`t come alive for me to apply it to the year 2050, as it did for him.

Post a Comment:

Avatar

The Spikedhumor Drawing!Moderators Contest
Prize
Entry Dates: 11/4/2008-12/15/2008

Recent Blog Posts

Free Dr. Pepper

Ind. Inmates Sneak Through Ce...

Two-Headed Cat Meows Through ...

City Threatens Blind Woman Ov...

Webcam To Replace Lost Eyebal...

Man Fined For Exposing Himsel...

Man In Wheelchair Allegedly H...

Cosmetic Surgery Addict Injec...

Hotlinks on Spiked

Pizza Robot: Vengeance

Zombies And Unicorns Battle For Literary Supremacy

What Hanging Out With Prince Is Like

Guillermo Del Toro Talks Hobbits

Someone Made A Google Map Of Where The Things In Cloverfield Happened

New Halo Wars Screenshots

Celebrity Videos

UFC 91 Couture/Lesnar Play by Play

Movie Drinking Games: Quantum Of Solace

Spiked Classics of 2007

Man Shot 6 Times; Point B...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.5
  • 5
235898
Ownage-Cake
View Profile
Level: 33
Voting Power: 4.2

Rise & Shine!
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
62414
.mindless
View Profile
Level: 42
Voting Power: 5

JFK Assassinated- 1963
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.6
  • 5
235040
PigFer
View Profile
Level: 7
Voting Power: 1.6

J29 Tunnan of The Swedish...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
61446
thesuperdude
View Profile
Level: 34
Voting Power: 4.2

GABRIEL IGLESIAS PART 2
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.5
  • 5
42375
geckoking213
View Profile
Level: 17
Voting Power: 2.6

Shinedown - Simple Man (L...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.1
  • 5
122085
Aids_Sauce
View Profile
Level: 29
Voting Power: 3.8

Rhapsody - Emerald Sword
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.1
  • 5
71622
king of heavy met...
View Profile
Level: 32
Voting Power: 4.1

Incredible Fred Astaire/E...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.6
  • 5
92606
RobinsGrl
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

Capricorn One
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
72098
ShapeSphere
View Profile
Level: 59
Voting Power: 5

Clerks- Video Rental
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
42776
-DressToKill-
View Profile
Level: 43
Voting Power: 5

Stranger Than Fiction -- ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
143592
proconsul
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

True Origin of Hip-Hop Mu...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
214104
KUDZU
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

Lake Peigneur
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
62050
velocity73R
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

Chris Brooker- Aspiration
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
5985
jimbillywho
View Profile
Level: 36
Voting Power: 4.4

Chris Brooker explaining ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
5972
jimbillywho
View Profile
Level: 36
Voting Power: 4.4

Drunk Airline Pilot - Fos...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.7
  • 5
102880
fishfisher
View Profile
Level: 33
Voting Power: 4.2

David Bowie - Ashes to As...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.5
  • 5
151734
ShapeSphere
View Profile
Level: 59
Voting Power: 5