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Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think
Title:
Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think
Author:
Rosling, Hans, author.
ISBN:
9781250107817

9781250123824

9781473637498

9781250624956
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York :

Flatiron Books,

2018.
Physical Description:
x, 342 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 22 cm
General Note:
Illustrations on endpapers.
Contents:
The gap instinct -- The negativity instinct -- The straight line instinct -- The fear instinct -- The size instinct -- The generalization instinct -- The destiny instinct -- The single perspective instinct -- The blame instinct -- The urgency instinct -- Factfulness in practice -- Factfulness rules of thumb.
Abstract:
When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's 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 teachers, journalists, 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. They reveal the ten 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 progress (believing that most things are getting worse).
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