The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

• Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com

  An amazing presentation by Hans Rosling about world health & economic data, his site (gapminder.org), the “bottom billion,” and …well, blowing cliches about health and wealth out of the water. Also see Rosling’s 10 answers to 10 questions video: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-and-reddits-10-questions-to-hans-rosling/

  tags: ted_conference, data, video, statistics, hans_rosling, demographics, gapminder

• TED and Reddit’s 10 questions to Hans Rosling – Gapminder.org

  Hans Rosling answers 10 questions posed to him after his TED Talk. Almost as good as the TED Talk that inspired the questions, this too is a must-see presentation.

  tags: gapminder, hans_rosling, ted_conference, video

• Video – The Coming Currency Revolution – WSJ.com

  Fascinating video about some of the alternative currencies already out there, building peer-to-peer finance and personal (and virtual) currencies. Scarcity, attention, money… Good stuff. Note: Saltspring Island has had its own currency for years – take it to the next level with virtual component?

  tags: wsj.com, currency, economics, virtual_currency, ven, peer-to-peer-finance, p2p, video

• “Fact and Friction” Interview with Jay Rosen in Volume » Page not found

  Great interview with Jay Rosen (conducted by Jeffey Inaba and Talene Montgomery) that delves into (and knits together) the “pro” (professional) and “am” (amateur, blogger) divide. Rosen advocates for Pro-Am journalism. And what is “the public”?

  “How do journalists decide how to tell stories? What are their responsibilities when reporting a story? And to what extent do they write in the public’s interest?”

  The questions revolve around whether journalists represent or create the public.

  tags: jay_rosen, jeffrey_inaba, journalism, volume_magazine, citizen_journalism, politics, talene_montgomery

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