{"product_id":"factfulness-ten-reasons-were-wrong-about-the-world-and-why-things-are-better-than-you-think-9781250123824","title":"Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Better Than You Think","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most important books I've ever read--an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.\" - Bill Gates \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hans Rosling tells the story of 'the secret silent miracle of human progress' as only he can. But \u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMelinda Gates \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases. - Former U.S. President Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFactfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen asked simple questions about global trends--\u003ci\u003ewhat percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school\u003c\/i\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers \u003cb\u003ea radical new explanation of why this happens\u003c\/b\u003e. They reveal \u003cb\u003ethe ten instincts that distort our perspective\u003c\/b\u003e--from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur problem is that we don't know what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think.\u003c\/b\u003e That doesn't mean there aren't 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn't enough. But I hope this book will be.\" Hans Rosling, February 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250123824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling R\u0026#246;nnlund, Ola Rosling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400795410613,"sku":"9781250123824","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dfdb3acf-1249-4650-b9d0-4465c4938a33.jpg?v=1612166121","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/factfulness-ten-reasons-were-wrong-about-the-world-and-why-things-are-better-than-you-think-9781250123824","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}