![]() ![]() 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. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. ![]() When asked simple questions about global trends-what percentage of the worlds population live in poverty why the worlds population is increasing how many girls finish school-we systematically get the answers wrong. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. Melinda Gates Factfulness 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. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly. But Factfulness does much more than that. Bill Gates Hans Rosling tells the story of the secret silent miracle of human progress as only he can. Book Synopsis INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most important books Ive ever read-an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world. ![]()
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