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Laura’s Team Pick: The Joy of Stats

Posted byLaura

on November 30, 2010

Did you wake up hoping to see a man use his hands and mouth and technology to talk about the life expectancy and GDP of 200 countries over last 200 years? Today is your lucky day; go buy a lottery ticket.

22 responses to “Laura’s Team Pick: The Joy of Stats”

Eskimo
November 30, 2010 at 2:08 pm Permalink Reply

This is Awesome, jättebra!

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Jader (member)
November 30, 2010 at 2:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user

that was very cool. very.

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tom_ato (member)
November 30, 2010 at 2:47 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Kudos, this is a good find.

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Jules
November 30, 2010 at 2:48 pm Permalink Reply

I love how nerdy Autostraddle is!

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Lauren
November 30, 2010 at 2:52 pm Permalink Reply

that headline quote is from Arthur! I’M NOT ASHAMED IT’S VERY EDUCATIONAL

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1. fynnie (member)
  November 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT.
  
  jekyll jekyll hyde jekyll hyde hyde jekyll!
  
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  1. j
    December 1, 2010 at 11:24 pm Permalink Reply
    
    my dad’s a chef/you think that’s great/just try to guess/what’s on your plate!
    
    best episode ever!
    
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Lauren
November 30, 2010 at 2:57 pm Permalink Reply

and now that i’ve watched the video, that’s cool too.

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Carolyn (member)
November 30, 2010 at 3:07 pm Permalink Reply

This is what I imagine economics class in Hogwarts would be like.

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1. Ziggy Hreins (member)
  November 30, 2010 at 3:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I have often wondered how the fuck economics worked in the harry potter world.
  
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2. Lauren
  November 30, 2010 at 3:47 pm Permalink Reply
  
  maybe that’s what arithmancy was, cause we never found out.
  
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  1. e
    November 30, 2010 at 6:07 pm Permalink Reply
    
    i still don’t know how their currency works. if i were a wizard, i’d be easily ripped off
    
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    1. Ari
      December 1, 2010 at 12:33 am Permalink Reply
      
      17 sickles an ounce? They’re mad!
      
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      1. e
        December 1, 2010 at 12:40 am Permalink Reply
        
        precisely why i never faulted slughorn for taking aragog’s venom. times be hard.
        
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Tui
November 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm Permalink Reply

This is pretty awesome. & I don’t even really like stats.

I’m not sure I agree with his conclusions, though. Yeah, life expectancy has increased across the board, but the poor countries aren’t going to get richer, that gap isn’t going to close, because the rich coutries rely on the poverty of the small countries to stay rich – i.e. a lot of people are really invested in maintaining the gap. :-/

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C.
November 30, 2010 at 4:04 pm Permalink Reply

Hans Rosling has other great talks on TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design). He’s very passionate and knowledgeable about global health. It’s great to watch him!

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1. Paige
  December 1, 2010 at 12:21 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Huh, so thats what TED means, I always just kinda assumed it was some guy with so many awesome friends they let him capitalise his entire name.
  
  This is the talk of his I saw a while ago- it is pretty much the extended edition of the above clip.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html
  
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Emily (member)
November 30, 2010 at 5:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i showed this to my teacher

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terracottatoes (member)
November 30, 2010 at 5:39 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is cool! I’m going to try convince my teacher to show this in class tomorrow.

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countrysongs
November 30, 2010 at 6:51 pm Permalink Reply

“1948 was a great year. The war was over, Sweden topped the medal count at the winter Olympics, and I was born!”

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Ari
November 30, 2010 at 9:25 pm Permalink Reply

In response to the tagline: I fucking love Arthur.

Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyde Hyde Jekyll
Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll HYDE

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Shannon
November 30, 2010 at 10:25 pm Permalink Reply

This is the most optimistic look at the state of the world I’ve heard in like 5 years. Love it. And its beautiful.

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