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For the last 12 months, the global media has been focused on a lot of bad news. But there were other things happening out there too: conservation successes, huge wins for global health, more peace and tolerance, less war and violence, rising living standards, some big clean energy milestones, and a quiet turning of the tide in the fight against plastic. Stories of human progress, that didn’t make it into the evening broadcasts, or onto your social media feeds. 
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In developed countries around the world, people think immigrant populations are much larger than they actually are.
Americans consistently mention immigration as one of the nation’s most pressing political concerns, and it has become a signature issue in the presidential campaign. But while many Americans consider immigration one of the biggest issues for the future president, surveys suggest that they also have little understanding of the scale of the problem. The United States wasn’t alone in this tendency to exaggerate.
Tags: migration, statistics, political.
Alex Smiga's curator insight,
August 3, 2017 10:03 AM
Support immigration debates with some solid facts
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By the time you finish reading this sentence, there will have been 219,000 new Facebook posts, 22,800 new tweets, 7,000... Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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"The three authors of Factfulness explain why they decided to write the book that is now available in 24 languages."
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If the population of the world was only 100 people, what would society look like? How many people would have shelter? Clean water? Education?
Dennis Swender's insight:
Reminicent of the picture book, "If the World were a Village" by David Smith, this video attempts to make large statistics more meaningful to to a broader audience. The concept is simple, but the impact is profound.
Tags: statistics, development, perspective.
Ella Price's curator insight,
March 28, 2016 9:19 PM
Reminicent of the picture book, "If the World were a Village" by David Smith, this video attempts to make large statistics more meaningful to to a broader audience. The concept is simple, but the impact is profound.
Tags: statistics, development, perspective. 
MsPerry's curator insight,
March 31, 2016 12:57 PM
Reminicent of the picture book, "If the World were a Village" by David Smith, this video attempts to make large statistics more meaningful to to a broader audience. The concept is simple, but the impact is profound.
Tags: statistics, development, perspective. 
Denise Klaves Stewardson's curator insight,
April 1, 2016 4:06 PM
Reminicent of the picture book, "If the World were a Village" by David Smith, this video attempts to make large statistics more meaningful to to a broader audience. The concept is simple, but the impact is profound.
Tags: statistics, development, perspective. |
