Researchers at the University of Texas thought to study trends in migration by thought leaders and influencers throughout history. This video takes a rapid look through the visualizations that emerged.
Data visualization is a rapidly emerging craft, to the extent that like computer programming, it is no longer practiced only by specialists. Where once people identified themselves as programmers, or developers, or data scientists, it is now becoming common for people in a variety of professional roles to use the techniques and tools of those more specialized jobs.
Take a look at this journey through history and get just a glimpse of the insight available from the UT study.
Maximilian Schich (from UT Dallas) is now among our heroes for the base research that went into this video.