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Let Hans Rosling’s data set change your mind set

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Very interesting 20-minute lecture here, presented to U. S. State Dept. Rosling has a very interesting set of moving graphs indicating how the world is changing, with respect to income and mortality. The old “developed vs. developing” dichotomy seems to have disappeared.

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