What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine.
“Thank you, industrialization. Thank you, steel mill. And thank you, chemical processing industry that gave us time to read books.”
Related:
“Hans Rosling, statistician and sword-swallower, has died,” The Economist
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