Progress, Animated

A million-plus people saw this animated Hans Rosling tale of two centuries' worth of progress in health and wealth before I did, but that's what I get for burying my nose in David Brooks columns:

As usual, a Hit & Run commenter got there first: Kudos to Lauren for hipping us to Rosling's whole TEDtastic act last year.

UPDATE: Whoops! Turns out Katherine Mangu-Ward got there two weeks ago as well.