Hans Roling, the charismatic statistician, explains 200 years of economic development and global health in under 5 minutes in this clip from The Joy of Stats, a one-hour documentary from the BBC. If you aren’t already tired of PowerPoint, you will definitely have presentation-envy after watching this engaging and fascinating dance with data.

The Joy of Stats, a one-hour documentary, explores the growing importance of statistics:

[W]ithout statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats
we can take control of our lives, hold our rulers to account and see the world as it really is. What’s more, Hans concludes, we can now collect and analyse such huge quantities of data
and at such speeds that scientific method itself seems to be changing.

From the description, it sounds like they’ll touch on Crimespotting by Stamen, Google Translation, among other data-driven projects. Whatever they cover, it’s bound to be interesting with Rosling at the front.

Check out the this clip of Rosling presenting world development in the context of income versus lifespan. The material is more or less the same as his TED talk, but this time around, the motion chart isn’t projected on a screen. The data is CGI’d into the air where Rosling can pluck and grasp at points as he highlights the significance of specific points in history.

via Flowingdata

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