Hans Rosling: The River of Myths

192K views · 13 years ago · talk · dated

Hans Rosling of Gapminder gives a talk on the myths people hold about global poverty, health and population, and corrects them with data. It is hosted on Bill Gates's channel.

HN cites it for the data-backed claim that falling child mortality leads women to have fewer children.

“Hans Rosling says the answer is to reduce child mortality”

3 comments from Hacker News

j
@jigen2015 · in “Hans Rosling: The River of Myths (2013)”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
RecommendsView on HN
o
@ovoxo2013 · in “Hans Rosling: The River of Myths”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
RecommendsView on HN
j
@jeena2013 · in “Is work necessary?”
Hans Rosling says the answer is to reduce child mortality ▶ this video "Year by year child mortality fell in almost all countries and as child mortality fell women chose to have fiewer and fiewer babies, and that enabled them to invest more time and resources in each child."