Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen
For those of you that took AP stats today, after AP comparative yesterday, maybe Political Warrior should have introduced you to Professor Hans Rosling yesterday. Interesting food for thought in this classic, induling the short-sighted phrase, "As Nigeria goes, so goes Sub-Saharan Africa.
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It was very interesting to see how the so called "Third World" has been moving on the same path as some of the Western nations have. Some are growing at an even faster pace. This all should be a wake up call to the West, that the Third World and developing countries are right in their rear view mirrors. And at this rate, before you know it, the so called "Third World" countries could be a world player.
I think the media constantly talks about the massive gap in wealth that exists in our country and abroad so I had this notion that this gap was in fact getting larger. It was interesting to see that this gap was in fact shirking in just about every country. Also region seems to have a much smaller effect on one's quality of life than it did 50 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTiE8HXgFo
As the years progressed it shows how many regions in the world deemed forever hampered by poverty and disease are slowly rising with income and spending power. Maybe in the next few years more developing countries will soon open their markets to western companies.
I'm in AP Human Geo right now and I have to say that this TED talk was spot on. The biggest thing that I have learned this year is that world issues like poverty, disease, and hunger persist because of poor infrastructure and leadership in these developing countries. There is more than enough food, for example, to feed all of the starving children in Africa. However, malnutrition is still a large problem because of inadequate distribution systems. "Dependency Theory" is another applicable concept. This theory argues that third world countries continue to struggle because of the still existing ties to their former colonial rulers. I think this is a huge factor in Africa's woes today. In order for these young nations to move up the ladder of development, they will need to be able to survive independently.
Teds family planning part of the video i think is what is overlooked. while its good that these third world countries are now more accepting of the idea of family planning it doesnt change the fact that there is so much struggle with the pre existing families in their countries, and planning a baby doesnt in any way help the people who are ill, and malnurished, so in order for these countries to grow and accel they need to focus on aiding the struggling masses found inside their own walls because without a healthy and bettering population the country cant expect to improve and grow.
fana
Seems like everyone is planning for things that in life you cant really prepare for all the time. for example, you can prepare for a baby obviously by having equipment and taking classes on how to raise but when it finally comes; any and everything can happen. Over the world our problems become bigger because of how we prioritieze. We also depend on everyone else without once depending on ourselves for our own work.
Anonymous said...
Seems like everyone is planning for things that in life you cant really prepare for all the time. for example, you can prepare for a baby obviously by having equipment and taking classes on how to raise but when it finally comes; any and everything can happen. Over the world our problems become bigger because of how we prioritieze. We also depend on everyone else without once depending on ourselves for our own work.
D.Gray
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