“The World has Improved Immensely in the Last 50 Years”

“It is only by measuring we can cross the river of myths.” — Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling explains, in wonderfully graphical form, how as child mortality has improved so has quality of life, which has in turn lead to fewer births and population stabilization.

More details on the general reduction in poverty in The Guardian.

The Dish.

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