200 Countries & 200 Years in 4 Minutes, Presented by Hans Rosling

in History, Math | December 3rd, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hans Rosling, a?professor of global health at Sweden’s?Karolinska Institute, focuses on ‘dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world’ (as his TED bio well notes). And he has established a reputation for presenting data in extremely imaginative ways. Just watch the video above, an outtake from the BBC show “The Joy of Stats”). In four minutes, Rosling visually traces the health of 200 countries over 200 years, using 120,000 data points, and we end up with a little reason for optimism. Great stuff… Thanks to?@Sheerly for flagging this.

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Five Minutes with Richard Dawkins

in Life, Religion, Science | November 22nd, 2010 Leave a Comment

You’ll get the schtick pretty quickly. The BBC’s Matthew Stadlen spends five quick minutes with celebrities, thinkers and newsmakers. And, above, he gets down to business with Richard Dawkins, with the conversation touching on religion, the afterlife, spirituality, morality, happiness, and the whole point of life. Other thinkers featured in the series include Martin Amis, AC Grayling,?Alain de Botton,?Brian Cox,?Sir Terry Pratchett and others.

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