'This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance and my
final attempt at making an impact on the world. It has been my daily inspiration and joy. In my
previous battles I armed myself with huge data sets beautiful software an energetic lecturing
style and a Swedish bayonet for sword swallowing. It wasn't enough. But I hope that this book
will be. When you ask people simple questions about global trends they systematically get the
answers wrong. How many young women go to school? What's the average life expectancy across the
world? What will the global population will be in 2050? Do the majority of people live in rich
or poor countries? In Factfulness Hans Rosling and his two lifelong collaborators Ola Rosling
and Anna Rosling-Rönnlund show why this happens. Based on a lifetime's work promoting a
fact-based worldview they reveal the ten dramatic instincts and the key preconceptions that
lead to us consistently misunderstanding how the world really works. Inspiring and revelatory
Factfulness is a book of stories by a late legend for anyone who wants to really understand
the world.
