The Internet is cool, because on a Sunday morning I can watch this interesting talk from the comfort of my living room (also below, but there are many more in the link, like this other one by Rosling on Poverty!). And I can stop it. Or watch it again…
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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