Beauty of Statistics.

I always knew that statistics is a beautiful art where you can slice and dice data the way you want to project it. But Hans Rosling mesmerized at TED while enlightening the following 3 aspects -

1. Statistics is not properly available.
2. Concept of Industrialized and third world countries are wrong.
   
3. Animated graphics can make a difference.

This is the most stunning data visualization I have ever seen. But then you have to see this presentation with a pinch of salt. He says that Asians are getting richer and moving out of poverty in the last 3 decades. He has not kept in mind due to inflation etc he has to move the poverty line as well. And all the data presented is in the logarithmic scale.

All said and done we can find faults in anybody's explanation but then the biggest take away was that Hans did not speak about what is right what is wrong; he justified what he thinks is right and what is wrong. And the icing on the cake is the stunning presentation and graphics.

Rating - 10 / 10.