I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in regard to climate change. But the number of children born per year in the world has stopped growing since 1990. The total number of children below 15 years of age in the world are now relatively stable around 2 billion. Hans Rosling agebearbillion share on social
The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child. Hans Rosling childdebategrow Change image and share on social
There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others. Hans Rosling africanamericaasian Change image and share on social
Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward. Hans Rosling avoidbackwardbeing Change image and share on social
I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress. Hans Rosling anthropologyavoiddifficult share on social
Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance. Hans Rosling avoidanceconflictdislike Change image and share on social
I am a toxico-nutritional neuro-epidemiologist. It's the study of neurological disorders caused by a mixture of toxins and malnutrition using epidemiological methods... We are just three or four in the world, even fewer than sword swallowers. Hans Rosling causedisorderepidemiological share on social
Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities. Hans Rosling basedatumdescribe Change image and share on social
When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift. Hans Rosling abilityargumentclose share on social
My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers. Hans Rosling datumdevelopmentdifficult Change image and share on social