简介：Usingstateoftheart3Dgraphicsandthetimingofastand-upcomedian,worldfamousstatisticianProfessorHansRoslingpresentsaspectacularportraitofourrapidlychangingworld.With7billionpeoplealreadyonourplanetweoftenlooktothefuturewithdread,butRosling'smessageissurprisinglyupbeat.Almostunnoticedwehaveactuallybeguntoconquertheproblemsofrapidpopulationgrowthandextremepoverty. Acrosstheworld,evenincountrieslikeBangladesh,familiesofjusttwochildrenarenowthenorm-meaningthatwithinafewgenerationsthepopulationexplosionwillbeover.AsmallerproportionofpeoplenowliveinextremepovertythaneverbeforeinhumanhistoryandtheUnitedNationshassetatargetoferadicatingitaltogetherwithinafewdecades.Inthisas-livestudioeventRoslingpresentsastatisticaltour-de-force,includinghis'ignorancesurvey'whichdemonstrateshowBritishuniversitygraduateswouldbeoutperformedbychimpanzeesinatestofknowledgeaboutdevelopingcountries.…