The world is full of problems, which people are often very aware of. But most people have no idea about the many improvements we have visualized, and therefore they lose hope for the future and think the world is doomed.
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A non-profit fighting devastating misconceptions with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.
- Hans:"I know that people living in extreme poverty are smart. If they were stupid, they would be dead."
- Sad to announce: Hans Rosling died in Uppsala this morning. Memorial info later. gapminder.org/news/sad-to-an…
- Just announced: All college graduates in US get #Factfulness as a free gift from @BillGates! That's how important he think it is! :) gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gat…
- AFRICA IS IMPROVING! New local data from @IHME_UW shows only a few pockets of extreme poverty left, where still 20% of children die before 5
GIF - Today's improvement is the best trend ever: Far less children are dying! gapminder.org/142/
00:00- Tunisia is now just as rich and healthy as Sweden was when Sweden started giving aid to Tunisia. The term “developing country” wasn’t used for Sweden back then. It’s also useless for Tunisia today. The dichotomy “developed/developing” blocks understanding. bit.ly/2VAGsTG
- As suicides are so difficult to talk about, almost nobody have heard that the global suicide rate has decreased for many years! Most believe it increased. Please spread this positive fact and help more talk openly about mental health! upgrader.gapminder.org/q/1 #worldview_upgrader
- Gapminder is a "fact tank". Not a think tank. We believe everyone deserves a fact-based worldview.
- A reminder to all activists: Improvements generate hope and willingness to act! Spread news about progress too! Not just problems!
- Hans: "The world can't be understood without statistics. But the world can't be understood with statistics alone."
- Hans would have loved reading this article after his death: gapminder.org/news/hans-woul…
