Seven Maps to Better Understand the World
Channel: vlogbrothers
Date: 2018-05-15

In which John discusses some of the maps he uses to try to understand the big stories of contemporary human life on Earth. The maps used in this video and other sources. First, our world in data is an AMAZING resource: http://ourworldindata.org

1. The world population divided into tenths: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/8j2rso/each_section_has_10_of_the_worlds_population/

2. Peru and Somalia are bigger than you might expect: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/8jif61/the_true_sizes_of_peru_and_the_usa_with/ and 
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/8f5vua/the_true_size_of_somalia/

3. Mean years of schooling have risen worldwide: https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education

4. CO2 emissions over time have risen. https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions

5. So has the temperature almost everywhere on Earth: https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/11/graphics-climate-change

6. This fascinating map of global borders shows how new most nation states are, and how recent their borders were established: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7ndxz9/i_tried_to_find_the_date_of_origin_for_every/

7. A dramatic increase in the percentage of births attended by trained healthcare workers has contributed to a dramatic decline in maternal mortality worldwide: https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality

8. I'm not one of those people who think we're on the verge of conquering death, but we are delaying death significantly, although much work remains to be done, especially among impoverished communities. But in the last 35 years, life expectancy has increased by over ten years in most nations. Nothing like this has ever happened before--we've never seen a consistent, worldwide increase in life expectancy. Like, never. So that is worth celebrating. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy

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