Hans Rosling explains population growth and climate change  June
7, 2013  |  Statistics  Because every day is a good day to
listen to Hans Rosling talk numbers. In this short video,
Rosling uses Lego bricks to explain population growth and the
gaps in wealth and carbon footprint.  1 Comment    • Rosling is
very effective in presenting basic information. But what I have
found frustrating in past is that the gee whiz quality of the
presentation masks a fairly retrograde narrative. I’m
specifically thinking of the basic gapminder story of wealth
equals health which rests on a very simplistic developmentalist
‘follow the leader’ narrative that justifies the status quo:
market fundamentalism in which the west is best. That narrative
is still evident in this piece, though emissions complicates it.
But what is missing, and it would be fairly easy to include. is
showing where that carbon comes from. A lot of it is generated
from resources extracted in situ but a lot is also transferred
from the poor countries to the