"There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African c..." — Hans Rosling

There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.

There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.