See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling Rönnlund

What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries (and counting!) to document the stoves, bed, toilets, toys and more in households from every income bracket around the world. See how families live in Latvia or Burkina Faso or Peru as Rosling Rönnlund explains the power of data visualization to help us better understand the world.
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[@Shamballa432]

This makes me feel kinda sad but very thankful at the same time

[@umard]

I think she's trying to say that we are not divided by race or culture, we are divided by wealth. If you're making $15'000 in the US, your human experience will be more similar to someone who makes $15'000 in japan, than someone making $300'000 in the US.

[@kram_lina]

i wish i could like this comment 1000 times so it would go up in the comment section cuz apparently many viewers didn't get the message :)

[@JAFFER3657]

Agreed (y)

[@IndrajaSalunkhe]

so true!!

[@jamfold2956]

No it's not that simple. If you're making $15k in US, your life experience will be slightly better than the one making $15k in Japan. But will be much worse than the one making $15k in China or even more worse than the one making $15k in India. Cost of living varies accross countries. Similar income doesn't exactly translate to similar lifestyle

[@umard]

james smith Yes that’s a great point. My family makes $50k in a developing country and I definitely have it better than my friends in the US whose families make the same amount. It’s a case by case thing and has more to do with one’s perceived social class, lifestyle, and purchasing power than strictly their income.

[@Candlewick14]

I never felt so rich. My bedroom is more beautiful than the richest I saw by far. My food is incredible by any standard. Thank you x

[@Redbellynelly]

Thats what you take away from this talk? "my bed is nicer than yours, thanks for making me feel rich"

[@IO9802]

Nelson Reynolds Walsh, No, she meant that we take a lot of things for granted. We may think we live like an average person while actually have a higher standard of living than the majority of people. I, however, think that this is a secondary point. The main point of the video, IMO, was that we are closer and more similar than we think. We might live thousands of miles apart, but, nevertheless, do things in the same way, eat similar food, have similar goals, opinions, needs etc.

[@helenalford2831]

I think appreciating what we have is essential to respecting others and being better people. It's essential to humility. And to not overconsuming and abusing the majority world. I think it's strange that people thought she was saying this in a boasting kind of way and perhaps it says more about them!

[@lovelyjubly7]

Nelson Reynolds Walsh I think what she is saying is that we should appreciate what we have. The grass is not always greener and although we think we’re often worse off we are actually incredibly privileged...and that we should be grateful for what we have rather than looking at images in the media about big cars and big houses and think we don’t have enough, and then let these drive us into a world of consumerism...this is what I took from the talk anyway. It comes back to what the talker was saying about her students feeling like they were in the middle. The Media has warped our minds...

[@hakoskosko2053]

Sam G we often tend to underestimate ourselves..

[@amyschemidt7337]

This is one of the most illuminating TED talks I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait to share it with my family. Thank you for all the work you’ve done on this project!

[@utubeviewer2550]

I loved this presentation :) Makes you really appreciate what you have and sympathize/willing to help out those who don't have enough. Living in a neighborhood where almost everybody around you makes the same you tend to think that you either are not privileged or you everyone else is just like you .

[@lorrilewis2178]

In my experience, rich people do not consider themselves rich at all. They only compare themselves with even richer people. It's mind-boggling.

[@KhoaTran]

I was wondering what this presentation is about but I think you make a good point about the appreciation for the human condition around the world. CNN could not have given us this kind of world view

[@pamholloway5962]

Were the people whose homes are featured also asked, "where on this street do you think you are?" That would also be interesting to discover.

[@GapminderProductions]

Great idea! Lets see if we can add it in the future!

[@bryanyang3625]

Anna Rosling Rönnlund yay

[@UltraRik]

of course everyone would say in the middle

[@lu-themadpillow2985]

Not everyone. I live in Mexico City and at first I positioned myself one guy below the middle. Then I saw the rest of the video and realized I was at the top. Mindblown.

[@pamholloway5962]

Lucy Towey I'm not very good at this computer lark. Can someone please tell me how to get this message into a translation program? I suspect that it is an interesting comment.....

[@zeromailss]

This is very interesting and eye opening, definitely something worth snowing in school

[@KylieTuesday]

let it snow let it snow let it snow

[@Abdulq]

The definition of middle class in Norway and Korea are likely very different. Consider the distribution graphs that were shown for the US, China, and Nigeria. Middle class for each of these countries is the middle of their own graphs, but rich in Nigeria is closer to middle in China and poor in the US.

[@Hankerone1]

Why though? I don't see the need for such database :/ i truly don't see this as eye opening

[@raapyna8544]

Happy Soul With A Hook In my opinion, because a lot of young people think "Chinese are like this, Ethiopians are like that, Russians are like this", and their idea of what it's like in those countries is very narrow and they think everyone there are very similar with each other and different from themselves. This diagram evokes international understanding among people and like she said, crushes stereotypes. It can also be eye-opening to young people, that "middle" isn't the same in every country.

[@Hankerone1]

Ok, I can agree on that, I think she didn't convinced me, the way she presented, she could have done a better impact, but that's just me. Thank you for being a rational, kind internet person :)

[@SB-tp5lz]

This made me cry, we are so blessed yet we do not appreciate what we have. I very much appreciated this content, I hope to hear more from Rönnlund!

[@margotforsberg]

Rosling

[@jesscurr2071]

I would love to see % of people with depression in each income group...

[@joyeholiday4789]

I live in Kazakhstan. always thought I'm somewhere in the middle, but this video just opened my eyes on many things and I deem that this concept of Dollar street works in deed.

[@beth-bi9yv]

Climate plays a factor as well...the poor in a warm country will have major differences from the poor existing in a colder climate simply down to survival

[@HarleyAMV]

If you use the site you'll find that there isn't that much of a difference between someone living off $600 a month and someone living off $4000 a month. The difference comes when you look at where they live, what their house looks like, what their cars look like, and probably what would happen if they got sick or needed dental work.

[@bigguy321]

And they made that point when they compared upper income people in one country to upper income people in another. It's not absolutel income that matters, but where you rank within your economy.

[@electraNOIR]

RIP Hans Rosling. This is important research that needs to be seen by as many as possible! Anna, great presentation!

[@agustinaluchelli8374]

That is an extraordinary way to organize data, and process it in the best interactive way. A round of applause for this woman and her team

[@mankwendosi]

What powerful work and a critical tool! As we in the “developed” world come to understand / examine what is “enough”. When we think we are middle class - we r actually rich by income comparison. As we learn to consume less , bringing ourselves to what the earth can support - this tool will be critical in bringing us into reality! Thank you Dr.!

[@Dan-DFD]

Makes me even more thankful and appreciative of what I have. I have so much, yet I still complain..

[@hellokitty4me]

I watch TED Talks every once in a while, and only a couple have made me change the way I see the world. This is now another TED talk I can add to that list. I can’t wait to use the website. It’s a fascinating and brilliant creation. Americans, we forget that we have it all.

[@beafitze5909]

Incredibly interesting. It certainly proves that we have far more in common with other countries and people than we realize. This video should be shown as much as possible!

[@my_name_taken]

I’m so happy to have found this video. I have really been wanting to see something like this both for myself and my children. It felt like an impossible task to really figure what life is like for other people around the globe and along the income spectrum. This will be a wonderful tool to show my children. I would love to see more in depth videos about various families/people too. Something that is easier to really internalize than statistics and graphs.

[@Zimmar]

Thank you for providing such a powerful tool! People are all the same. There is no different races, there is different income.

[@danharlan288]

Very not true

[@MohsinUlAminKhan]

Harlan Dan hard to accept?

[@personanonymous9817]

Technically races are just variants in DNA, only slight so that humans in one part of the world are more adapted to their homes than humans from another part of the world So there are races but not in the way we’ve made them to be. For the most part humans have the same kind of DNA though- it’s why we’re all one species.

[@personanonymous9817]

Also, people are different but mainly in the ways that we live, grow up, and are raised

[@personanonymous9817]

Sterling Archer please have an amazing day 🙂 (I am not arguing with you, so please don’t reply.)

[@yayme470]

"The person staring back at us from the other side of the world actually looks a lot like you. And that implies both a call to action, and a reason to hope." I thought this was an excellent way to step back and look at things on a global perspective. This is how we should act to bring about change - being aware of where we stand in the world, and breaking down the barriers and stereotypes that govern our viewpoints. We all need to become more humble, more grateful, and more generous.

[@creamy0bear]

this was so eye opening and that website looks very interesting. thanks for sharing!

[@HugDealer]

Amazing talk. Really makes you feel different. Gaining knowledge and awareness is priceless. Thank you so much Anna.

[@DerXavia]

Amazing to see how good our life really is, also when comparing my own income (not that much atm) to other countries, my home looks much richer than that of many people around the world earning twice as much. Good old Germany :)

[@genli5603]

I think they chose people with some pretty run down homes for their income.

[@aurielle3]

Wow this is very eye opening. I always thought I was in the middle, but seeing this I realize I'm in the top. It's so easy to get caught up in wanting more when you see other people having more. But we never think about the people who have less. I am so grateful for the life I have and the place I'm at financially.

[@008abdullah]

I loved the effort and the scale of it, but relying on income alone isn't enough to determine quality of life, there are other major factors such as cost of living, amenities and infrastructure and political climate.

[@FOLIPE]

RapidSausage her difinition of live style were those objects and practices and as she shows, income seems the main determinant when it comes to that. Obviously other things matter, but if income explains so much, why shouldn't she focus on it?

[@Eddie303]

RapidSausage why don't you do a study about the things that you mentioned. For example - cost of living, amenities, infrastructure, political climate... and also why don't you make a video about it in a systematic manner similar to what this lady was good enough to do. and why don't you upload it for the world to view. we would definitely appreciate it if you would make the effort, just like this lady did, rather than simply criticizing the good work and effort of others.

[@008abdullah]

Edwin Sequeira criticism isn't always a bad thing. I'm not taking away from what she's done, but the research process can always be improved to produce more accurate results.

[@PolishBehemoth]

Truly amazing. What i find most amazing about this video, is she really isnt saying one particular statement over another such as other videos "how to get better sleep" or "this is how to be happier". Its simply a comparison of what people think and say, and what actually "is". It goes to show we are alot more similar across the world than we think. I love african culture and history, and european too. This inspires me even more to reach across my favorite cultures to visit and work with. Its things like these that break down hatred, and encourage us all to appreciate the life we have. God bless!

[@Andy_Holmes]

Wow, a TED worth watching!

[@jackgodfrey9990]

What a simple and powerful idea to create better understanding of our world and for inspiring us to change it for the better. Thankyou Anna for initiating and sharing this much needed project.

[@demajj]

Very interesting research. Thanks for the website.

[@josephinethalmann2985]

demajj what was the name of the webside I can't find it ☺

[@Lifeholder]

Possibly one of the best TED talks I have seen. So glad I watched.

[@AmyDentata]

This wealth scale doesn't seem to include millionaires or billionaires, or even just high-income middle class like you'd find in San Francisco. Really like the photos of basic living necessities across the globe, though.

[@Mokas32]

Yep, i missed the part where she is telling something about disparity on wealth.

[@TheRsMusicMaster]

Of course, there are ultra rich people and the 0,01% and the 0,001% and so on. But in general, this is what the 1% looks like. So be happy if you're above that.

[@mhtinla]

The super rich are invisible.

[@manictiger]

I mean, we at least know how they eat. Just watch Gordon Ramsey tell you that a 'quick, cheap Sunday sandwich' includes saffron and truffles and you'll understand the difference between your income levels. So you'll eat some wheat thins for a snack and they'll eat caviar. But hey, at least you have a snack. In Somalia they eat AK rounds and then they take a really long nap.

[@GapminderProductions]

We would love to get them on as well, we are just in the beginning of the project... If you have someone up your sleeve, send them our way! ; )

[@doradasilver]

Eye opening video. Reminds me to count my blessings everyday and to offer a helping hand whenever possible.

[@sushantkumar3408]

Tourist brushing in Nepal is not counted as typical Nepalese. Anyways great research and totally agree with you.

[@asheshshrestha]

and look at the case of toilet. Nepal seems at top!! What is going on?

[@maheshprajapati9441]

the presentation showed the both end of Toilet case in Nepal. It showed both western toilet seat as Nepalese toilet, but also open land as Nepalese toilet in the same video.

[@Evolvingmom]

Brilliant! This is a must-see for every US resident. My three teenagers will be watching this with me tonight!

[@Thytos]

Interesting idea and project. But the presentation wasn't thoroughly conclusive imho which leads to people misunderstanding the premise.

[@JrShadowAssasin]

Agreed. I was at a loss as to what her final standpoint was. Usually it's summed up in one sentence or phrase.

[@666Tomato666]

I'm sorry, I didn't expect literally blind people watching this video. In the video she showed rooms which you couldn't tell apart, bedrooms from Norway, India, Mexico and Nigeria that wouldn't out of place in a single house, let alone single suburb. and if you can't connect the dots, then it's just proving her point even more

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Thytos In the case of the students I have heard that people rank themselves between rich and poor because they actually look up and see people more well-off than themselves rather than looking back and seeing all the people that are less well-off. It would have been interesting to hear a little bit more on the point that you raised.

[@randy52000]

Junior she said, media portrays the rest of the world as vastly strange and distant, when in reality, if you sort them by income/wealth, you get a CLEAR picture of the world.

[@PaLoY26]

Thytos I suggest you repeat the video as many time as you’d like till you get at least the ideas of what she’s trying to say 🙄

[@keneokay-okeke9227]

This is BRILLIANT and an eye-opener!! Great job Anna!

[@LetsPKlays]

I just looked that website up and realized that my parents earn more than the family at the top end. So yeah I think it is lacking some "rich" families (I am upper middle class in germany)

[@ryccoh]

Except by the time they pay taxes they have earned far less than the US family listed at the top end of this website who pay considerable less taxes.

[@LetsPKlays]

And how is your comment related to mine? I was just saying that the website trying to cover all incomes does not really cover the top end.

[@Z6D4C4]

Rykahnz That's not how taxes work, in the U.S. anyways...

[@ryccoh]

Rich is in comparison to the rest of the world therefore no need to include the Rich in the usual sense of the world that is to the already rich nations which would bring the scale way to far off here

[@maxybaer123]

Still it would be interesting to see familys at the higher income end

[@LKxxROXSTAR15]

this is the most insightful visual data library/online tool thing i've ever seen.... thank you so much for creating this and structuring/designing it this way! truly insightful!!!!

[@aravindap.b1005]

I dont really understand how wealthiness is compared by taking a look at the beds that we sleep. Back in my hometown, weathiest of the wealthiest prefer to sleep on the floor with a thin mat rather than a bed. Cultural differences and preferences also matters. As of my observation, westerners prefer colourful and tidy sleeping enviornment, whereas south east asian dont care of such ambience.

[@genli5603]

aravinda p.b White and pastel bedding is pretty trendy. Mostly we love really plush, huge, thick mattresses. That’s because we live where it’s cold or have air conditioning! I’m in a small minority of even Westerners in that I sleep on a “king sized” bed-which is huge. My husband and I used to sleep on a “double” and then a “queen,” but I’ve got a muscle disease and I hurt a lot, so we are now on a bed much large enough that most people in the world would find it weird.

[@pennedarts]

Yeah, and shabby chic is modern style trend but it looks worn out. How about that? :-D

[@adventuresofsnow1660]

What a FANTASTIC post! Talk about an eye-opener, this is a must see that I will definitely be sharing. I haven't been this ecstatic over a learning experience in a long while. Thank you Ms. Rönnlund for such wonderful information!

[@matilda2]

Off to find the website

[@scruffthemagicdragon]

Thanks for linking it here. I'm not sure why TED doesn't do that automatically.

[@hayaatrehman9936]

Wait hold on, Anna actually responded! Lol nice

[@Infiniteoptimist]

What an original and beautiful way to present our world and peoples today! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@videoshomepage]

Excellent! Amazing!

[@lubas9978]

Wow, this is just wonderful that someone did this monumental work. This is ground breaking in a way like no other and unifying. Excellent talk.

[@georgekefalidis8402]

The moment you are a dentist and see that all these people brush their teeth the wrong way regardless of their income .

[@JS-nr7te]

Please tell me how

[@nadiagonzalez7852]

Lo que más me llamo la atención de su ponencia es que ella nos marca la visión que tenemos de otros países en imágenes, la verdad se me hace súper interesante el que ella haya utilizado imágenes porque nos muestra otra perspectiva y no sólo texto no sólo datos, sino que gráficos, y así conocemos las maneras de vivir de cada país, que a su vez cada quien vive diferente, los cuales nos podemos dar cuenta de las realidades más concretamente y lo podemos entender mejor. por lo tanto, es impresionante el darnos cuenta en qué nos podemos clasificar de acuerdo a esta gráfica nosotros al menos yo me considero que no me falta nada en mi hogar y que vivo cómodamente.

[@WedHex]

"The divide has never been horizontal, it has always been vertical."

[@genli5603]

Jakub Wawszczyk That’s what the Communists said. Some animals are more equal than others, however. (Read Animal Farm. :) )

[@pennedarts]

@@genli5603 Lol, yes. Oligarchies of the world, unite!

[@coreycox2345]

What a smart idea for a project. I love it. How people are different and the same. It made me think of a speaker I heard yesterday who mentioned that conditions have been steadily improving for many people in poverty over the last several years as more areas get electricity. From here, it is difficult to have a concept of what that might mean to someone because I lack an image of what daily life is now. Looking at parts of this, I could imagine. I have been in a funk lately over the news..the migrant crisis, wars, cultural genocide. Thank you for this, which reminded me more of our humanity.

[@HakuCell]

inequality makes me sad

[@Fedgery007]

Inequality makes you sad??!! Huh?!

[@HakuCell]

+patrick, by "equality" one doesn't usually mean "lack of diversity", but equality in economic terms, in terms of money and resources available

[@SumnerLine]

One of the most educational videos I've ever seen. I mean, I knew that being born in Norway already placed me quite high up, way above the middle, but I would never have placed myself in the highest group. Feel embarrassed, but also so fortunate right now...

[@NitinKatiyarCircle]

Most of the pics you have shown here of India are from villages.. If you take pictures from cities you will not able to find any difference in Sweden and India.

[@kelleyb]

I'm am blessed beyond measure. Thank you God for opening up my eyes to the life of others.

[@rinana4408]

The upper middle class to high class seems to be entirely missing lol

[@georgeg.6841]

Sonnetica they account for like 2-5% of the global population

[@josht9518]

TED Talk vs. MTV Cribs

[@jeffbingaman2754]

Probably because they didn't care to participate?

[@kreaturen]

The upper classes have yet to decide which mansion to show off first. It's a tough choice

[@lovelyjubly7]

Sonnetica to be honest would their homes look extremely different to the ones that were shown in the rich bracket in the video? They’d still have beds, lampshades etc etc ..yes they may be the more expensive kind/be bigger/have more of these, but ultimately their domestic surroundings aren’t extremely different to the rich mentioned in this video..right?

[@EronGrecoMelo]

One of the smartest TEDs I've ever seen! Congratulations.

[@AndyRiot]

Where are the squat toilets!? I lived in China and they have squat toilets even in the slickest most modern malls.

[@msnmsn20091]

There is actually one shown in the video if you look closely. It's around the section in the first part of the video where she showed toilets from around the world.

[@pbny212]

I’m struck. This was an amazing video and presentation. My perspective has been altered. Everyone, everywhere should watch this. The world did truly for me become a whole lot smaller and by any measure I am not lacking in international experiences. I guess it just took someone to lay it out in just the way it was done here for it to achieve the immense impact that it did. Wow.

[@TheAseem200]

In India eating food using your hand is a tradition which most of use follow. so I don't think this indicate anything about Indians.

[@anoopsugunan9474]

And the presentation has not showed a single image of high standard living in india

[@TheAseem200]

Anoop Sugunan totally agree with you Bhai.

[@morriselee]

because there is none living a high standard life in India.

[@GoErikTheRed]

morrisslee That's... actually pretty comical. You can't have the 6th largest economy in the world with only poor people. Did you not see the mission impossible movie where Tom Cruise fights in that automated parking lot full of super expensive cars?

[@Zyzzyx336]

morriselee the most expensive house in the world is in India

[@luckyhenry9832]

Brilliant project, Anna! Those image comparisons powerfully challenge stereotypes, revealing how much our everyday lives are shaped by income, not nationality. They’re also fascinating simply to look at as a peak inside the private world of others’ homes. ❤️

[@SimeonRadivoev]

Where are the 1% ? They should be off the scale.

[@LannasMissingLink]

Simeon Radivoev that rich family in the US had a pretty massive house imo. Not CEO mega Corp rich, but pretty insane from my experience

[@TheRsMusicMaster]

The 1% is the "Rich" category in this video. I make around 200-300$ a month and live in my own place, I'm definitely in the "Rich" in my understanding of the world. There is a lot of misery and poor people in the world. A few have the luxury that we have. It's a privilege to write this comment.

[@ambercotrone]

Simeon Radivoev my thoughts exactly

[@ambercotrone]

Mr. Beantastic I agree that if we can write this comment we have privilege. However many many people have access to devices and internet, but still struggle to pay their bills every month. Many more than 1%. It’s the elites who hoard the world’s wealth. Unless you have a private jet, you aren’t part of the 1%.

[@marsa1028]

amberdoe you just stated that 70 million people own private jets

[@peterlacerda3398]

Amazing presentation. This really stands out from other TED videos. This woman presented something that she actually built and what she built is a very useful tool.

[@MadhuriGuptawhousesthisanyway]

264 families is too small a pool to make any sort of image about people from other countries. It is not serving the purpose it is striving for. Data is too limited and is not showing the whole picture. Example: is there no one who makes more than $1614 dollars in India? you have exactly 4 households to represent a billion people. That paints a picture worse than the media. P.S. : i am not trying to be defensive but this is my homeland and i know what to expect and compare it to.

[@digiryde]

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for doing this. Such clarity about the real income disparities and what they actual mean.

[@sebastianprisacariu2820]

Very accurate. "Romania is a country in Africa, we leave in insalubrious holes below the ground, we are cannibals, we are hunting rats with bow and arrow, we don't have cars, because we move around in trees painted in yellow, and every building you will admire on these fields, if you so choose to make a trip in here, have been built by a superior civilization with whom we do not have any link. Thank you!" -Parazitii

[@ismt9390]

I don't know where you're trying to get with that, but according to this speech, most romanians would fit in the rich category. We have poorer people too, just like any country.

[@sofitocyn100]

I just decided to stop travelling, after ten years of living consistently abroad. Now I find out the dream website, to which I wish I contributed from day 1. I would have added hundreds and hundreds of households from many countries!

[@Reg3e]

A very interesting study, but it'll definitely need more unbiased data, every country has its own rich and poor, hence it simply won't do to just generalize a country based on a small set of data. Based on this presentation, the study seems to be incomplete as the upper middle class to high class are missing. A fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep, at some point it may actually start to get political on a certain degree.

[@allyfiorido902]

Reginald Lim all research is political, but i understand what you're trying to say

[@GoErikTheRed]

I mean they're obviously working towards that. Do you remember how she compared the rich Chinese to the rich american, and the poor Chinese to the poor Nigerian? Presumably they plan to have that same variation for every country. Maybe they already do and just couldn't show it in one presentation. There are over 40,000 images

[@FOLIPE]

What do you call the upper middle class? It might just be that some people are so rich they are not numerous enough to be statistically significant... I think from the pov of the whole world the richest examples she shows are the upper middle class

[@SerbAtheist]

The entire point of this video is that "rich" and "poor" are terms that vary significantly by country. For example, what is rich in China would be upper-middle class in America. What is rich in the west would be an incredibly thin sliver of the top seventh. Essentially, if your home looks like the last images, you're rich on the global scale.

[@Reg3e]

I'm only going to say this once before anyone decides to further reply, once you start being bias with your data collection, the whole study will be compromised and considered incomplete, hence any hypothesis / conclusion drawn from it is no longer reliable. Its just basic analytics. There is no room for being subjective.

[@VigneshIyer05]

This is fantastic. Thoroughly researched. I love our WORLD !!! One step towards bringing it closer.

[@pizzafacemcbride3582]

She takes after her father in law. Great to see

[@AdityaMehendale]

ikr :) First the "washing line" and now the "dollar street"!

[@hardtruth]

For those who didn't get the point of this website and the lecture: A person's income and wealth is a more significant influence on how they live than their race, religion or geographic location.

[@zenzenitha]

I think this more to educate people who got eaten by how media potray certain countries, especially underdeveloped. They usually ends up cocluding that ALL the people are exotic ritualist, dirt poor without proper hygiene and education, this usually ended in "do you have electricity in (insert underdeveloped country's capital)?" Kind of ignorant questions.

[@shakeena1524]

This is what fascinates me. We are all unique yet so many similarities. What the world needs now is Love sweet Love.

[@codlele1999]

As an Indian, this video is kind of depressing

[@hannikabyanushkaart1722]

FoleyZ I think she is not aware of the rich families in India, or its easy to categories India into poor than rich. After all its a matter of what one wants to emphasis and what not. So don't be depressed.

[@farceadentus]

FoleyZ don’t be depressed. Rise up and make a better life for you and your family

[@eliamaravidal6733]

I've never looked from this point of view. Thank you! Seeing after 6 years.

[@squatch545]

Homeless people in the West don't have most of those things.

[@sammiedav1053]

It's a small WORLD & we have MORE in common than NOT. We should enjoy the similarities & celebrate the differences. GREAT TED talk .

[@Polyglot_English]

A call for action? What action?

[@mosca1310]

Things like this make me feel like an a hole when I think I don't have enough. 😕 I'm greatful for everything I have. Helps me to humble myself. Thanks for the video.

[@guesswhoami4723]

Ted kno da wei

[@daniamaya]

I love the project! And it's also a very clear reflexion of the colonization impact around the world.

[@crownofall]

Odd, in the entire world you never found anybody richer than upper middle class. how is that?

[@GapminderProductions]

we want to have all incomes in all countries covered eventually. At the moment we have just a little fraction. Its coming.

[@crownofall]

Well my point is that you have skewed people who are merely very well off to being rich where is people who are really rich that should be in that top spot multi millionaires billionaires and if you that top even that who are the people that belong in that spot.

[@spongebobspongebob24]

crownofall. She said it is coming. How hard is that to understand?

[@crownofall]

No but apparently what I said was or at least it's difficult for you

[@GoErikTheRed]

It's collected into 7 groups of 1 billion each. How many millionaires do you think there are? Guess what, if you're upper middle class in the US that makes you rich on a global scale. I'm sure they have pictures of the top 0.000001%, but that isn't worth the time during a 10 minute presentation about how "poor" countries aren't as universally poor as you think.

[@fadwataha6714]

After these video i think my brain have a new window to look around my world and learn ......thanks a lot

[@sherryli365]

Good concept. I get the point she's trying to make. But I found it materialistic and narrow minded. The definition of stereotype is "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing." Ironically that's what this video is doing. How can you learn about other cultures without the culture? Images are just not enough. Fighting against stereotype or racism is not to look over the races. It's to embrace them, be open minded about them. And the best way is to treat each and every single person as a unique being, with respect, and an open heart.

[@adibees]

Well said, I totally agree, there were few images in the video that was a bit stereotyped. One that comes in mind is the picture of eating with hands because "They don't have utensils". Ever think that it might be the culture of that place SMH.

[@Tiffiany]

Great presentation. Extremely enlightening.

[@juliaprohaska9295]

Theres more comments than likes😂😂

[@Eddie303]

Thank you for researching extensively on this topic. Really educational.

[@peterviking5083]

This is so manipulative...you can make this exactly as you want. And use exactly what photos you want good and bad

[@ronniacherry]

Great presentation! I recall seeing this somewhere, but never in this format. This is so timely for today. Living in the Caribbean, I try to explain to people in the States how the experience really just depends on income levels. Same with Africa. Some people with cultural stereotypes would be surprised to see the opulence of African and Caribbean homes, or even what some of the "hoods" in America look like. We really are one people when you look at things this way, and realize people around the world can use some help - or are living better than they think. Also, kudos on how organized the site and sorting is, yet the concept remains simple. Interested to see how this impacts world views and hope more people open their minds to how others truly live :)

[@toufikrahman3311]

Income inequality is the main culprit everywhere 😈

[@shanghai_city]

She is smart and intelligent. Awesome presentation.

[@shreyanshsheth290]

Bro that's unfair when you're in a country you can't think that all person has same income and same style of home ?? Ex. I'm living in India and I also travel every region in India but only (2-3)% people's houses look like the photos that you saw in your images.. So I think that not fair when you put people to richest to poor!! But I think you should put people by their happiness!

[@AkshaySheth568]

shreyansh sheth yep. They didn’t visit Indian houses as much. I’ll wait till they complete the list. I have so much in common with the higher middle ( right below the rich) and there are 200 million people living same as me in India. I agree that a billion don’t but that doesn’t mean they should ignore us 200 million :/

[@AkshayAradhya]

shreyansh sheth and how will you measure that ?

[@emmiesmith1522]

I’ve had this video on my recommended list for a long time and I’m so glad I watched it! Incredible!

[@ryanclare1106]

This is amazing as an art project, but the definitive assertions made here are erroneous. The evidence is in no way statistically significant, it's completely anecdotal. What has been done here cannot be seen as legitimate analysis, but rather as a way to attempt to establish new stereotypes that rich and poor are all the same. The way culture and heritage is minimized is insulting to culture and heritage.

[@fightwithfire18]

This isn’t about culture or heritage. It’s about wealth and the ramifications of it. It’s not an art project either. It’s an educational resource.

[@og3168]

As an anthropology major, all I can say is wow, I’m very impressed! This is my new favourite Ted Talk :)

[@OneInTheRiver]

*_Communism intensifies_*

[@rx0788]

I love how we can potentially eliminate the 1% by coming together as the 99% who are more grateful and United, I love how this will bring us to humility about our income and living standards, I love how this is just a slap in the face wake up call to how we think we r in the middle when we r at the top and how we can potentially become more willing to share with each-other, I love how this is about us not not about those unattainable lies that we fall for about becoming wealthy etc, thank you to those people who did this.

[@dhasanmetamorphosis4889]

I donno why but I'm finding ted talks to be less and less interesting and important. it used to feel new things before, now, it doesn't feel such

[@anondoggo]

Another reason to be very grateful for our society. We can learn so much from these photos and they haven't event include diseases yet.

[@matilda2]

3 dislikes within 3 minutes of uploading

[@Brazbrah]

happyflowers1212 I really don't understand the trolls on this one. It's an interesting video and a cool idea.

[@creatrixZBD]

Fascinating perspective from which to contemplate aspects of humanity. Excellent website design. Thanks for posting!

[@iFParasit]

what merrit has that experiment though ??

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Sven N. I I know that it makes me think about the level of discontentment versus contentment that people live with.

[@angelflot]

Brilliant study! Cultural anthropology at a different level, it’s easy to understand with pictures. A picture says a thousand words.