Depicts 3200 toy tigers, equal to the estimated number of tigers remaining on Earth. The space in the middle would hold 40,000 of these tigers, equal to the global tiger population in 1970.

 

The vast expanse that depicts what was is so poignant. The small, thin border depicting the remaining 8% of the population could be mistaken for the frame at first glance.

 

I feel that within his TED talk there were real insight into our current social norms - that we are not pushed to think of the bigger numbers as real people, issues, resources. This approach could be a real presentation tool for polictians and policy makers to see the 'realness' of statistics.

 

I almost want this concept to be an interactive website - that people could create their own representations of numbers through duplication...where's an app when you need one!?