factfulness illustrated: ten reasons we're wrong about the world - why things are better than you think (english edition)  <p><b>the international best-selling phenomenon loved by barack obama and bill gates in a new and updated illustrated edition</b><br /><br /><b>&apos;a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.&apos; barack obama</b><br /><br /><b>&apos;one of the most important books i&apos;ve ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.&apos; bill gates</b><br /><br /><b>*#1 <i>sunday times bestseller </i>* instant <i>new york times</i> bestseller * <i>observer</i> &apos;best brainy book of the decade&apos; * #1 <i>wall street journal </i>bestseller * <i>irish times</i> bestseller * audio bestseller * <i>guardian </i>bestseller * </b><br /><br /><b>factfulness: the stress-reducing habit of only having opinions for which there are strong supporting facts.</b><br /><br />things aren&apos;t as bad as we think. fact.<br /><br />when asked simple questions about global trends - why the world&apos;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.<br /><br />in <i>factfulness</i>, legendary statisticians hans, anna and ola rosling offer a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective. <br /><br />it turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. but when we let the bad news take on outsize proportions instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. <br /><br />inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, <i>factfulness</i> is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.</p>