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Factfulness - Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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Factfulness - Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work
off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA 'One of
the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to
thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES *#1 Sunday Times
bestseller * New York Times bestseller * Observer 'best brainy book
of the decade' * Irish Times bestseller * Guardian bestseller *
audiobook bestseller * Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of
only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.
When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's
population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how
many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers
wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will
consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates and investment
bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a
man who can make data sing, 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. It 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
worldview 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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