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I love TED. And I love Hans Rosling. I really appreciate this video because it makes me believe that there are people in this world (besides myself) who understand that you can’t have a one-size-fits-all solution to global issues like extreme poverty. I feel like such a “development nerd” (if there are such people), but Mr. Rosling gave an excellent presentation. The animations in the video were awesome and very easy to understand. It is so important to not only compare countries to each other, in terms of factors like income distribution and life expectancy, you must look within a country as well. The results are surprising. I really liked how he broke down the data so the audience could see the huge variance within African nations. Just because a nation is poor, it doesn’t mean one can cast a “blanket aid solution” over the entire country…

I could go on and on about this stuff. Just watch the video… and if you love it, go to TED for even more awesomely thought-provoking videos.