I saw an unbelievably good video, again one of the TED talks, this time given by Hans Rosling, that discusses the rise and fall of different countries in the world and 2048 is going to be a landmark year, you will know why when you see it !
If you thought statistics was boring, you will think again after seeing this piece - absolutely brilliant, both the content, depiction as well as the prediction.
The closing remarks were a little concerning. On the one side, we have the global climate change to deal with and on the other side, the unrest from the change in position of the countries in the global arena; with the east trying to catch on with the west. What will happen when one overtakes the other ?! Lets hope its peace and not war.
Building strong'a thaan irukku aana basement thaan konjam weak.. :)
ReplyDeleteHe puts a disclaimer saying if they are able to get over the inequality among the people!!
mmmm nadakkara kaariyama adhu!!!
anyways pretty interesting..
@Bharath
ReplyDeleteActually, if you noticed, the projection already included the inequalities because it is a statistical average (the red and blue dots), only when one takes at a look at the min and max values (expanding the blue dot), the variance is obvious and I think that will still remain, but the average will still continue to rise.
The only concern is what problems will the increase in variance cause ?
good one .
ReplyDeleteOH my God!.. this guy is a genius! ...... by and large, the world is expecting 2050 (sources: IMF, Goldman Sach etc.)to be the time when the Cats catch the Mice. yea.. so 2048 sort of meshes in with that.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing it!
@Arjun
ReplyDelete>>This guy is a genius !
He says in the video he was among the last in the class. So I am wondering if I should applaud his modesty or nourish my vanity as a desi!
2012 la ulagam azhiya pogudhu.. aprom edhuku idha paathutu :P
ReplyDelete@Pranaav
ReplyDeletesomberithanathuku ipdi oru saaka ?! kadavule...
adhu onnum illa.. 'wake up sid' padam paatha effect! :D
ReplyDeletehey nice one.. i liked the starting st.john's part of it :)
ReplyDeletebut seriously that comment abt the 2012 thing is worth a thought not being lazy but still yeah lets all hope to see this change as well as his 100th b'day !
hats off :P