In a recently released TED Talk, Hans Rosling talks about one of the world’s deadliest and most understood diseases: HIV. Relying heavily on statistical infographics, he shows how a good visualization can incredibly change the understanding of the situation. Narrating the animated graph like a sportscaster, it’s a high-energy presentation.
What sets Rosling apart isn’t just his apt observations of broad social and economic trends, but the stunning way he presents them. Guaranteed: You’ve never seen data presented like this. By any logic, a presentation that tracks global health and poverty trends should be, in a word: boring. But in Rosling’s hands, data sings. Trends come to life. And the big picture — usually hazy at best — snaps into sharp focus.
via Daily Exchange.
Update: You can play with the graph shown in the video at GapMinder World. Thanks to @przemyslawpluta for finding that.
