Ruth Alexander
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4,250 appearances
120 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2011
last heard Aug 2018
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In a short space of time.
I think there will be more, but it won't increase at the same rate.
There'll be three billion at the end of the century.
I think there are fewer now.
That's excellent.
Even though the world's population is forecast to increase from 7 billion at the moment to 9 billion.
83%?
You'd think if you're at Davos or you know about the world, why are so many of us getting so many of these questions wrong?
So this is why we have these preconceived ideas because we were told about the world when we were young and we just haven't moved on.
And actually they're very different countries in terms of how advanced they are.
How dangerous is it that these preconceived notions are so entrenched in so many of us?
So banks and businesses, they score better in your ignorance test?
And what harm does that do if we don't understand what's going on with the world?
What problems are going to arise?
Hans Rosling.
You can find out more about the world from the wonderful videos and graphs at Hans' website, gapminder.org.
And you can see his eye-opening lecture on how to beat Ebola by going to the website bbc.com slash richerworld.
Do please keep your comments and ideas coming to us at moreorless at bbc.co.uk.
And you can subscribe to our podcast at our website, bbc.com slash moreorless.
Hello and welcome to More or Less on the BBC World Service.
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