Hans Rosling

Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Ola Rosling

'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world' BILL GATES 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA The international bestseller, 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 make you realise things are better than you thought. *#1 Sunday Times bestseller * New York Times bestseller * Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' * Irish Times bestseller * audiobook bestseller * Guardian bestseller *

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Factfulness

“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells thestory of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readershow to see it clearly.” —Melinda 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 percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—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. 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 perspective—from 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 don’t know what we don’t 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 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. 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. --- “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.

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

*the #1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * an Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' * #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller * Irish Times bestseller * Audio bestseller * Guardian bestseller * * Endorsed by Barack Obama, Bill and Melinda Gates and Tom Harford, and Longlisted for the 2018 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year* The international bestseller by legendary statisticians Hans, Ola and Anna Rosling: 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 make you realise things are better than you thought.

The Ten Reason We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

10 redenen waarom we een verkeerd beeld van de wereld hebben en waarom het beter gaat dan je denkt

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Factfulness. Dieci ragioni per cui non capiamo il mondo. E perché le cose vanno meglio di come pensiamo

Ketika diberi pertanyaan sederhana tentang kecenderungan global, seperti berapa persen populasi dunia yang tinggal dalam kemiskinan dan kenapa populasi dunia bertambah, kita kerap memberikan jawaban yang salah. Bahkan simpanse yang menjawab secara acak memberikan lebih banyak jawaban benar dibandingkan guru, jurnalis, bankir investasi, dan pemenang Nobel. Factfulness menawarkan penjelasan mengapa hal itu terjadi. Ada sepuluh naluri yang mengalihkan perspektif kitadari kecenderungan untuk membagi dunia menjadi dua kelompok (semacam versi kita dan mereka) sampai cara kita mengonsumsi media dan melihat kemajuan. Factfulness akan mengubah cara kita melihat dunia, memampukan kita merespons krisis dan peluang yang dibawa oleh masa depan. Dari Pendahuluan: Factfulness adalah buku tentang dunia dan bagaimana dunia sesungguhnya. Factfulness juga buku tentang Anda, dan mengapa Anda (serta hampir setiap orang yang pernah saya jumpai) tidak memandang dunia sebagaimana sesungguhnya. Factfulness bercerita tentang apa yang dapat Anda perbuat dalam hal ini, dan bagaimana buku ini akan menjadikan Anda merasa lebih positif, tidak begitu stres, dan lebih mempunyai harapan sewaktu melangkah keluar dari tenda sirkus untuk kembali ke dunia. Jadi, bila Anda lebih berminat untuk menjadi benar alih-alih melanjutkan hidup dalam gelembung Anda; bila Anda bersedia mengubah wawasan Anda tentang dunia; bila Anda siap untuk berpikir kritis menggantikan kebiasaan bereaksi secara naluriah; dan bila Anda merasa rendah hati, ingin tahu, dan siap untuk dibuat takjubsilakan melanjutkan membaca buku ini.

Factfulness: 10 Alasan kita keliru tentang dunia

The international best-selling phenomenon loved by BARACK OBAMA and BILL GATES in a new and updated illustrated edition 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our 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 *#1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' * #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller * Irish Times bestseller * Audio bestseller * Guardian bestseller * FACTFULNESS: the stress-reducing habit of only having opinions for which there are strong supporting facts. Things aren't as bad as we think. Fact. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world'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. In Factfulness, 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. 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. 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.

Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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