Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are better than you think /
Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund.
- First edition.
- x, 342 pages : illustrations black and white, and color, color maps ; 22 cm
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
Introduction -- Ch. 1. The gap instinct -- Ch. 2. The negativity instinct -- Ch. 3. The straight line instinct -- Ch. 4. The fear instinct -- Ch. 5. The size instinct -- Ch. 6. The generalization instinct -- Ch. 7. The destiny instinct -- Ch. 8. The single perspective instinct -- Ch. 9. The blame instinct -- Ch. 10. The urgency instinct -- Ch. 11. Factfulness in practice -- Factfulness rules of trumb -- Outro -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix: How did your country do? -- Notes -- Sources -- Biographical notes -- Index.
Factfulness: the stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - what percentage of people around the world are living in poverty; why the global population is increasing; how many girls finish school - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalist, Nobel laureates and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health 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, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. In turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a world view based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on 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 the way you see the world.
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