Turning powerful stats into art

TED 2008
Chris Jordan: Turning powerful stats into art (video, script)
Summary
We think that our many behaviors are done consciously, but it doesn't seem true. Many behaviors are unconsciously controlled below the surface of our daily awareness. We don't notice it, thus its results become something that we can't imagine. And then, it's difficult for us to understand many kinds of the number correctly. It's also not noticed.
For example, more than 400,000 people die from cigarette smoking in the United States every year. It means that 1,100 Americans are dying from it every day.  Every day means that it happened yesterday and today it'll happen tomorrow and the next day also. Isn't this tragedy? In the past, 3,000 Americans died on 9/11. Over hundred times 3,000 is about 400,000. One thing is talked about for a long time, however, another is not. We dismiss it.
The speaker shows us such problems by using amazing pictures to understand easily. In his the beautiful art, you can see 40 million paper cups which Americans use when they drink coffee and after that, it'd throw away. It's as high as a 42-story building, it would be thrown it away every day. 
He hopes that we can feel these things more deeply. We have to know those and  his arts are powerful enough to change our behavior.
Words in this story
pollution / the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment
surface /ˈsɜr fɪs/  face /feɪs/
anxiety /anx·-i·-e·-ty/æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti/  worry, concern
reverberate / like an echo.
distracted / prevent (someone) from giving full attention to something.