Quotes by Hans Rosling

About Hans Rosling:

Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker. He is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.
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Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.

Hans Rosling

What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

Hans Rosling

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

Hans Rosling

I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world.

Hans Rosling

The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.'

Hans Rosling

Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.

Hans Rosling

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

Hans Rosling

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Hans Rosling

Author Bio

  • NameHans Rosling
  • DescriptionSwedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker
  • BornJuly 27, 1948
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionPhysician; Statistician; Blogger
  • AwardsKunskapspriset; International Swede Of The Year; Time 100; The Gannon Award; Illis Quorum