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200 years that changed the world (with Hans Rosling)

04:38For the first time, gapminder can now visualize change in life expectancy and income per person over the last two centuries. in this gapminder video, hans rosling shows you how all the countries of th ..
Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

20:29Http://www.ted.com stephen wolfram, creator of mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. his new search engine, wolfram ..
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

10:48This lively rsa animate, adapted from dan pink's talk at the rsa, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

11:41This rsa animate was adapted from a talk given at the rsa by sir ken robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the rsa's benjamin franklin award.
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Human rights & democracy statistics

09:52In this video, made for the oslo freedom forum 2009, hans rosling talks about the difficulty in measuring progress in human rights in the form of comparable numerical statistics. he also shows the sur ..
Gapminder Video #2 - Urbanization

04:44With hans rosling. in this gapcast, hans rosling focuses on urbanization. in four minutes he give a short overview over the urban challenge, showing the last 40 years of development in urbanization an ..