If you haven't already discovered it, www.YouTube.com is a great site for videos of all sorts.
A recent video that I found shows a fascinating way of increasing the power of old forms of graphics by adding motion. In the segment, Swedish professor Han Rosling takes a look at how most of us view third world countries, as compared to more developed countries. Prof. Rosling demonstrates that most of the things we currently believe are myths. But as he says, "the problem is not ignorance, but pre-conceived ideas." He then uses the graphic illustrations he has developed to blow away those pre-conceptions.
The video of his lecture can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI
The video is a little long, about 20 minutes, but you will see what I mean if you watch at least until he starts to show his graphics. If you watch the whole thing, you will change some of your thoughts about the world today.
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Great show! It really changed my idea of "the third world."
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