Hans Rosling

Factfulness

Reason, data, and global progress.

Reformist Nordic Liberal →

Economic−24

SocialistMarket

Governance−44

LibertarianAuthoritarian

Social+46

TraditionalProgressive

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The Swedish global-health professor whose 'Factfulness' and dazzling data showmanship reframed global development around evidence, progress and a fundamentally liberal optimism.

social

Humane progressive globalist.

economic

Saw open markets and development lifting billions from poverty.

governance

Liberal pragmatist guided by evidence over ideology.

Notable for

'Factfulness'
Co-founded Gapminder
Viral data lectures

dataglobal-healthprogress

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Georg Brandes

98% affinity

Birger (the reasonable Scandinavian, archetype)

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