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David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization | Video on TED.com →

David McCandless shows how design can make sense out of the overwhelming amount of information in today’s world. He turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut — and it may just change the way we see the world.

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“If you have enough data to examine, eventually you’ll find a statistically significant relationship where no such relationship actually exists — by sheer coincidence.”