Factfulness

Ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are beter than you think.

"A hopeful book bout the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than aur inherent biases."
Barack Obama

"One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world."
Bill Gates

Factfulness: the stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trends - what persentage of people around the world are living in poverty; why the global population is incresing; how many girls finish school - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates and investment bankers.

In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective.

It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. 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.

Introduction
The Gap 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
Outro
Acknowledgents
Appendix: How did you country do?
Notes
Sources
Biographical Notes
Index