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On a lighter note: What year produced most of the «best songs of the decade»? And which songs were never among the «best of the year», but now among the «best of the decade»? And for the dataviz people among you: a nice exhibit how not too rarely a table is the best form of visualisation.
It’s simple visualisation, but it introduces a helpful new metaphor to the migration discourse – new at least to me.
What made you happy in the past 24 hours? The answers of 100 000 people, categorised and charted. Made me happy.
«Buy low, sell high» is the only fail-safe advice for the stock investor. But what if the opposite worked, too? A fascinating explorable explanation, by the same guy how made the fantastic NYC subway story I recommended last week.
This is an outrageously good piece of explanatory journalism.
I’m sure most of have heard of the birthday paradox: the chance of two people sharing the same birthday is above 50 percent as soon as you have x people in the same room (not going to spoil the number here for those who haven’t heard of it). I’m also pretty sure, though, you haven’t seen an explanation of it that is so comprehensible (and charming) as this one by The Pudding.
Not the social mobility you want to see in a healthy society. Important investigation, presented in the best possible way.
A treasure trove of data: How is the world doing in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals, like ending hunger and all discrimination against girls and women?
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