Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | Book Library

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling P

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Flatiron Books (April 3, 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1250107814
• ISBN-13: 978-1250107817
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

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"One of the most significant books I have ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking plainly about the world. " – Bill Gates

"Hans Rosling tells the account of 'the secret silent wonder of human progress' as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly. " ― Melinda Gates

Factfulnes s: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying views for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trends― what percentage of the world's populace are now living in poverty; why the planets population is increasing; how many girls finish school ―we systematically have the answers wrong. And so wrong a chimpanzee choosing solutions at random will persistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

Throughout Factfulness , Professor of International Health insurance and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens . They will reveal the 10 instincts that distort our perspective ―from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them ) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive development (believing that most things are getting worse).

Our problem is that we don't know very well what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and expected biases.

This turns out that the world, for everyone its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn't mean there aren't real concerns. But when we worry about everything constantly as opposed to embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to target the things that threaten us most.

Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change how you see the world and empower someone to react to the crises and opportunities of the future.

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"This book is my final battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance…Previously I informed myself with huge data pieces, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn't enough. But I hope this book will be. " Hans Rosling, March 2017.

Editorial Reviews

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"One of the most crucial books I've ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking evidently about the world. " – Bill Entrance

"[ Factfulness ] throws down a gauntlet to doom-and-gloomers in global health by challenging preconceptions and misconceptions [and] is a wonderful read, concise and lively… This magnificent book finishes with a request for a factual world view. Rosling was optimistic that this outlook will spread, since it is a useful navigational tool in a complicated world, and a genuine antidote to negativity and pessimism. A just homage to this guide and the man would be a global day of celebration for information about our world. Perhaps Trump should lead the charge on that. " ―Nature

"Like any good statistician, Rosling uses the equipment of his industry (namely, graphs, chart and lots of questionnaires) to argue we are going to doing too much feeling rather than enough thinking in regards to assessing the world…His goal is to change the way we see the world. " ―Business Insider

"In an accessible, almost folksy prose, Rosling identifies various reasons why so a lot of us have ended upward with so many faulty ideas about our world. " ―Booklist

"Hans Rosling informs the story of 'the secret quiet miracle of individual progress' as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also clarifies why progress is so frequently secret and silent and instructs readers how to see it clearly. " ― Melinda Entrance

"In Hans Rosling's hands, data sings. Worldwide trends in health and economics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development―with some surprisingly good news―snaps into sharpened focus. " ―TED

"Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change the mind about the world. inches ―Nature