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Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the Worldâand Why
Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
Price: $27.99 (Hardcover)
Published: April 03, 2018
Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast)
From the Publisher: Factfulnes s: 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 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 perceiveprogress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem isthat we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are
informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the
world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we mightthink. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry
about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based onfacts, 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 and empower you to respond to the crises andopportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long
mission to fight devastating ignorance…Previously I armed myself withhuge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and aSwedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope thisbook will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.
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About The Author
Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund,
Ola Rosling
Hans Rosling was an international
phenomenon thanks to the work he did
alongside his son and daughter-in-law, Olaand Anna Rosling. His TED Talks have been
cumulatively viewed over 20 million times,
Bill Gates cites him as âa true inspiration,â
and he was named on of TIME âs 100 most
influential people. Hans Rosling died of
pancreatic cancer in January 2017, but Olaand Anna continue his work through their
widely successful organization The
Gapminder Foundation.
Hans was the coauthor of Factfulness with
Ola and Anna.
Release Info
List Price: $27.99 (Hardcover)
Published: April 03, 2018
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
ISBN 10: 1250107814
ISBN 13: 9781250107817
What We Say
TED talk superstar Hans Rosling devoted decades to the global fight against diseases like Ebola. But he became famous for
fighting the scourge of ignorance -- specifically ignorance about the remarkable strides in health, population growth, andcombatting extreme poverty seen in the last few decades and the last 100 years. His TED talk videos have racked up
remarkable numbers, opening people's eyes -- if only for a moment -- to the good news around the world. That good news
should have us committing ever more resources to tools that work, such as the World Health Organization, vaccinations andmore. Rosling spent the final year of his life fighting pancreatic cancer long enough to finish this book. It has two parallelgoals. One is to emphasize the remarkable progress we have made. The number of people in extreme poverty has been cutin HALF in the past 20 years. Some eighty percent of the world has some access to electricity. Life expectancy for the
entire world is 70 years. Some eighty percent of one year old children have received at least one vaccination. (This book is
a good companion piece to "The Great Surge" by Steve Radelet, which goes into fascinating detail about all of this.) Theother track is to explain WHY people are so ignorant of this progress and what they can do to combat that ignorance.Essentially, Rosling offers handy ways to increase your critical thinking -- how to put the news of the day in perspective (thelatest news is almost always the latest negative news), how to question the numbers (good or bad) on any issue, how to
judge a source of information and so on. None of the great strides emphasized in "Factfulness" should encourage
complacency. Rosling knew the planet faces grave issues. But those can only be tackled when we all understand the basicfacts of our world and know how to think critically about what to focus on and how to fix it. Bill Gates dubs "Factfulness"the most important book he's ever read. Well, no, but it's a highly accessible summary of great news and offers useful tools
for anyone willing to apply them. -- Michael Giltz
What Others Say
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” –
Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle 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
readershow to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates "In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health andeconomics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development―with some surprisingly goodnews―snaps into sharp focus." ―TED "Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world."―Nature
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Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the Worldâand Why
Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
Price: $27.99 (Hardcover)
Published: April 03, 2018
Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast)
From the Publisher: Factfulnes s: 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 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 perceiveprogress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem isthat we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are
informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the
world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we mightthink. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry
about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based onfacts, 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 and empower you to respond to the crises andopportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long
mission to fight devastating ignorance…Previously I armed myself withhuge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and aSwedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope thisbook will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.
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About The Author
Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund,
Ola Rosling
Hans Rosling was an international
phenomenon thanks to the work he did
alongside his son and daughter-in-law, Olaand Anna Rosling. His TED Talks have been
cumulatively viewed over 20 million times,
Bill Gates cites him as âa true inspiration,â
and he was named on of TIME âs 100 most
influential people. Hans Rosling died of
pancreatic cancer in January 2017, but Olaand Anna continue his work through their
widely successful organization The
Gapminder Foundation.
Hans was the coauthor of Factfulness with
Ola and Anna.
Release Info
List Price: $27.99 (Hardcover)
Published: April 03, 2018
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
ISBN 10: 1250107814
ISBN 13: 9781250107817
What We Say
TED talk superstar Hans Rosling devoted decades to the global fight against diseases like Ebola. But he became famous for
fighting the scourge of ignorance -- specifically ignorance about the remarkable strides in health, population growth, andcombatting extreme poverty seen in the last few decades and the last 100 years. His TED talk videos have racked up
remarkable numbers, opening people's eyes -- if only for a moment -- to the good news around the world. That good news
should have us committing ever more resources to tools that work, such as the World Health Organization, vaccinations andmore. Rosling spent the final year of his life fighting pancreatic cancer long enough to finish this book. It has two parallelgoals. One is to emphasize the remarkable progress we have made. The number of people in extreme poverty has been cutin HALF in the past 20 years. Some eighty percent of the world has some access to electricity. Life expectancy for the
entire world is 70 years. Some eighty percent of one year old children have received at least one vaccination. (This book is
a good companion piece to "The Great Surge" by Steve Radelet, which goes into fascinating detail about all of this.) Theother track is to explain WHY people are so ignorant of this progress and what they can do to combat that ignorance.Essentially, Rosling offers handy ways to increase your critical thinking -- how to put the news of the day in perspective (thelatest news is almost always the latest negative news), how to question the numbers (good or bad) on any issue, how to
judge a source of information and so on. None of the great strides emphasized in "Factfulness" should encourage
complacency. Rosling knew the planet faces grave issues. But those can only be tackled when we all understand the basicfacts of our world and know how to think critically about what to focus on and how to fix it. Bill Gates dubs "Factfulness"the most important book he's ever read. Well, no, but it's a highly accessible summary of great news and offers useful tools
for anyone willing to apply them. -- Michael Giltz
What Others Say
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” –
Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle 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
readershow to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates "In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health andeconomics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development―with some surprisingly goodnews―snaps into sharp focus." ―TED "Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world."―Nature
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