INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most important books I've ever read-an
indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world. - Bill GatesHans Rosling tells the
story 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
readers how to see it clearly. -Melinda GatesFactfulness 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
ObamaFactfulness: 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.
