While teaching a course on global development at Uppsala University in Sweden, I realized our students didn't have a fact-based worldview. They talked about 'we' and 'them.' They thought there were two groups of countries: the Western world, with small… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
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… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
It seems the public in Europe has not yet learnt that most girls in India today go to school. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
We have great international experts within India telling us that the climate is changing, and actions has to be taken, otherwise China and India… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Thank you industrialization. Thank you steel mill. Thank you power station. And thank you chemical processing industry that gave us time to read books. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
