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Hans made three points while surveying his audience in the TED talk (last two days of posts) regarding girls' education, natural disaster survival, and decline of abject poverty, all global in scope. His fourth point was that people in general are ignorant of the good news about the first three points.
He's made an hour-long documentary demonstrating all of that. See the progress for one Mozambique family: "It's so great seeing Olivia and Andrea pedaling their way out of extreme poverty!" Their newly purchased bicycle eliminates hours of walking to sell their crops, bring water, and go to literacy class.
A vivid illustration shows why global population will undoubtedly decline after peaking in only a few decades. (Estimates of the peak number vary from eight to 11 billion.)
At about 44:45 in the video, Hans shows us his own absolute favorite chart. It's stunning! At least find and watch this part. I'd hate for you to miss it.
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