Practicality's Blog: If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is worth a hundred pictures

Practicality's Blog

Commentary on the world around us by an 'ordinary Aussie'. I believe that the individual, their rights, freedoms and aspirations form the basic building blocks of a free society. I'm for; .Individual Rights, Freedom, Responsibility; .An Australian Republic (with a directly elected Head of State with real, codified reserve powers); .A Bill of Rights (with RKBA); .Direct Democracy (Initiative, Referendum, Recall); .Accessable, quality education; .A strong defence force; .Free markets.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is worth a hundred pictures

Found a truly great site for those interested in the human condition (health, income, comparisons with other societies, and how it changes over time).

It's called Gapminder, and the true (genius is probably not too strong a word here) strength of the org/site/programs is that it takes arcane data sets and presents them in a way that is very digestable.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is worth a hundred pictures.

If nothing else a great resource (maybe even a 'secret weapon') for students.

(Found via ClubTroppo).

Labels: education, inspiration, technology