num_pages: 342
description: Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.When asked simple questions about global trendswhat percentage of the worlds population live in poverty; why the worlds population is increasing; how many girls finish schoolwe 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 perspectivefrom 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).Our problem is that we dont know what we dont 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 might think. That doesnt mean there arent real concerns. 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 and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. 
language: English
title: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
publisher: Sceptre