December 6, 2010
200 Years and 200 Countries — in Four Minutes
Joseph Susanka
OpenCulture is fast becoming one of my favorite Internet hangouts. And this sort of post is a perfect example of why:
In four minutes, Rosling visually traces the health of 200 countries over 200 years, using 120,000 data points, and we end up with a little reason for optimism.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo&feature=player_embedded 635×355]
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health,
reason
Joseph Susanka has been doing development work for institutions of Catholic higher education since his graduation from Thomas Aquinas College in 1999. Currently residing in Lander, Wyoming -- "where Stetsons meet Birkenstocks" -- he is a columnist for Crisis Magazine and the Patheos Catholic portal.