Ideas Worth Spreading: Hans Rosling's Gapminder
Interesting stuff.
Discuss.
-Ghoti
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Ghoti Nyak
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08-13-2006 14:36
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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08-13-2006 15:32
Interesting. The link for the gapminder outfit www.gapminder.org .
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Patch Lamington
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08-13-2006 17:19
very cool stuff.
Im not sure, but perhaps the video here is better quality? Same content though. http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=hans_rosling Saw it a few weeks ago. V. cool. _____________________
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Strife Onizuka
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08-13-2006 22:44
Wow those TED talks are really interesting.
I've spent all night watching them, they are very inspiring. _____________________
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Ghoti Nyak
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08-14-2006 05:31
Yeah, there's some brilliant and interesting speakers there.
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-14-2006 05:39
Excellent speaker by any measure. I love his enthusiasm.
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