Factfulness (ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think)

By (author) Rosling Hans; By (author) Rosling, Ola; By (author) Anna Rosling Rönnlund
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Essential reading in the time of coronavirus: the international bestseller that will make you realise things are better than you thought
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OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD

''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

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 * Guardian bestseller * audiobook bestseller *

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A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.
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One of the most important books I''ve ever read-an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.
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A powerful antidote to pervasive pessimism and populist untruths.
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Factfulness ... , a light-hearted but data-rich book, calibrates our view of the world and explains how our cognitive processes can lead us astray
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Wonderful... a passionate and erudite message that is all the more moving because it comes from beyond the grave... His knack for presentation and delight in statistics come across on every page. Who else would choose a chart of "guitars per capita" as a proxy for human progress?
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An immensely cheering book in these anxious times.
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An assault both on ignorance and pessimism . . . helping countries improve their governance and public health and opening them up to the rule of law and market exchange works. But not by some sort of magic. Because we act. And to this, as Rosling argues, we first have to understand the world we live in.
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A wonderful guide to an improving world, as well as being a well-stocked source of sound advice as to how to think about factual and statistical claims . . . The book is a pleasure to read - simple, clear, memorable writing - and when you''ve finished you''ll be a lot wiser about the world. You''ll also feel rather happier . . . Factfulness - the relaxing peace of mind you get when you have a clearer view of how the world really is . . . I strongly recommend this book.
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We need more of this way of thinking, both in business and politics. Where better to start than a new book by one of Gates'' favourite gurus, the late Swedish statistician Hans Rosling . . . in an age of so-called post-truth, this is a celebration of the all too often repudiated but underlying story of relentless human progress.
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[Bill] Gates had selected the tomes as his favourite summer reads . . . [which included] feel-good non-fiction . . . celebrating technological progress and genius, such as Hans Rosling''s Factfulness.
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Hans 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.
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Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world.
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Thoroughly researched and clearly written . . . this is a measu