Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are) | Danny Dorling

What does the world look like when you map it using data? Social geographer Danny Dorling invites us to see the world anew, with his captivating and insightful maps that show Earth as it truly is -- a connected, ever-changing and fascinating place in which we all belong. You'll never look at a map the same way again.

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[Leon-pnrb]

*I legit clapped after the end of this video*
Great talk . The kind of talk which helps you remember that belong all our nationalities, our "differences", we are all human beings.
And only together can we find ways to take our species, and I say this with love towards our species, to the next level.

*You are not Chinese, he is not Russian, I am not Indian, we are all one, together living on this rocky planet in the middle of nowhere.*

[oliverpage]

whenever Danny Dorling says incredible rate the video speeds up. please, someone make it happen

[sjw]

Good things happening but we won't notice because we are swarmed by negative news! very insightful talk.

[maclippy]

Fantastic talk. One of the best I've seen!

[lilylanoue]

We need more professors like this speaker

[scatton]

Really interesting... finally a TED Talk that is worth watching

[coreycox]

Thank you for showing these things in this original way. I love maps. Everything has a spatial application. I ended up becoming an urban planner because I love throwing data on maps. It can be so revealing. Ian McHarg's Design With Nature is one of my favorite books.

[MrSkguyJr]

1 shot every time he says "incredible rate"

[Leon-pnrb]

One important thing he forgot to acknowledge, is that though population growth rate is decreasing,
Human population a century ago was only 1.6 billion, which is roughly 1/6 or 0.16x of todays population.

*Which is to say that a small increase in a large chunk is way more than a large increase in a small chunk*

[Luboman]

The "where we grow our food" map is fascinating. India grows more food than China, which surprised me, and Brazil grows a lot less considering how big that country is.

[mitchelleersel]

Great show!! The maps we need not the maps were shown!! I am gonna keep this maps close by to show to the pessimists!! We are change!

[Helshels]

How informative to get to know the fact that the world we live in is getting more connected every day. We are so bombarded by every day bad issues and fail to see that the world we live in is actually making room for everyone, as long as we put aside our ego

[Nartinan]

Those maps remind me of the we are number one meme, hes showing us basicly the same map over and over but always with a twist.
i wish this video would get faster every time he says incredible rate :D

[mpersan]

I bought his book almost a decade ago. Wonderful work, and glad to see it's getting the press it needs to go mainstream.

[samanthaesra]

one of the most excellent demos I've seen for long time.

[LizHellsing]

Love this, gives you a nice new perspective

[thesentientpotato]

I'm so happy to see Dhaka in the last map :'3

[konstantingeist]

I think lights reflect density of cities more than anything else. In Western Europe, there are lots of little towns in a few KM from each other and they're equally spread out. So you have huge glowing spots because lights from numerous neighboring settlements all merge into one large spot. On the other hand, in Eastern European countries like Russia, you have one city, then 200 km of wilderness, then again a city. So you have a lot of dark areas and a few small spots here and there.

[Patizm]

So many counties this map at the end excluded in europe and all around the world.. Big popular countries and cities.

[protector]

People have known the earth is spherical for much longer than a few centuries, as he mistakenly mentioned at the beginning.