Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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Summary
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts。
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， Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing， Hans Rosling， together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola， offers a radical new explanation of why this happens， and reveals 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 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。
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， Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing， Hans Rosling， together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola， offers a radical new explanation of why this happens， and reveals 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 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。
Reviews
Adrian Tihoc
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I now challenge every single alone number in a table。。。
Nadja T
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Ok
D
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Incredibly easy-to-read nonfiction， with strong anecdotes to help remember the natural （negative/dramatic/divisive） instincts that lead us astray。 The usual-incorrectness of these instincts makes sense when pointed out -- the real challenge is internalizing it！ Making a "checklist" of the instincts and/or the Factfulness tips at the end -- and testing your reactions to things against it consistently -- is the way to go。 For easy reference， the instincts are:- Gap- Negativity- Straight Line- Fear Incredibly easy-to-read nonfiction， with strong anecdotes to help remember the natural （negative/dramatic/divisive） instincts that lead us astray。 The usual-incorrectness of these instincts makes sense when pointed out -- the real challenge is internalizing it！ Making a "checklist" of the instincts and/or the Factfulness tips at the end -- and testing your reactions to things against it consistently -- is the way to go。 For easy reference， the instincts are:- Gap- Negativity- Straight Line- Fear- Size- Generalization- Destiny- Single perspective- Blame- UrgencyAnd an attempt to summarize some lessons/takeaways in a questionably formatted block-of-text is:Two buckets， "them" and "us"， is basically never correct; "them" is too heterogeneous and probably a lot more similar to "us" in ways you may not be thinking。 This is true in terms of income: there are many gradations of poor（/rich） [gap instinct]。 Also in terms of other perceived differences， e。g。 culture/religion making "them" unable to "change" [destiny instinct]， despite continual progress and change in the "them" regions。 This is because this sort of incremental change isn't something that usually makes it on the news。 If your worldview only comes from the extraordinary stories that are considered news [fear; negativity; size] -- and isn't tempered by considering what topics and/or details *aren't* being put on the headlines （"Would an equivalent good story be reported？ What is a point of comparison for this large number they said？"） -- the world seems scarier and more dramatic than it actually is （because of human tendencies toward these types of stories -- both reader and journalist）。 We need to avoid looking for individuals/scapegoats to blame everything on， because nearly always the "one villain" came to be due to systems that have been neglected or abused and could be improved upon; removing the villain wouldn't fix the systems that let problems originate in the first place。And remember， don't act/make decisions out of fear。（The Gapminder and Dollar Street websites seem like great further resources！） 。。。more
Sandeep Guguloth
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Hans's key idea， that one shouldn't let one's cognitive biases get in their way of making rational decisions and coming to rational conclusions， well deserves a 5-star rating。 But the application of this idea and its sub-ideas on the information Hans wanted to apply to， in this book， hit its target properly only in some sections。 Despite what seemed like his sincere and best efforts， on quite a few topics， it seemed like he either did not get exposed to different perspectives。 So if I judged thi Hans's key idea， that one shouldn't let one's cognitive biases get in their way of making rational decisions and coming to rational conclusions， well deserves a 5-star rating。 But the application of this idea and its sub-ideas on the information Hans wanted to apply to， in this book， hit its target properly only in some sections。 Despite what seemed like his sincere and best efforts， on quite a few topics， it seemed like he either did not get exposed to different perspectives。 So if I judged this book based on those metrics， it would get 3-stars at best。 So the 4-star rating is a half-way compromise between the really important well-presented ideas and the not-so-great application of those ideas to the data。 I wonder if at least some of Hans's opinions on pandemics and the phenomenon of fake news would have changed if he were still around with us today。 Like some of the other rationalists that I look up to —Richard Dawkins， Sam Harris， Jordan Peterson， Stephen Fry— it felt Hans Rosling too held to few of his positions with such firmness， that it often made me wonder if he got any different perspectives on those topics at all。 Maybe it's their old age， or maybe it's some kind of social or environmental mechanism that is preventing them for receiving those differing perspectives， whatever the reason may be， it is clear to me that had these people been exposed to newer ideas and information， they would drastically change their minds about those aforementioned convictions。 I get that Hans wanted to instill this sense of factfulness as thoroughly as possible into every reader's mind， but some of the stuff is super-repetitive， especially the last couple of chapters。 In addition to that， while his old anecdotes reminiscing about his experiences as a physician/epidemician were somewhat interesting， but it feels like there's a fair amount of embellishment in them， probably to make the factfulness ideas seem even more important than they were observed to be in his stories。 I don't know if it's just a narrative choice or an appeal to the reader's emotions， but it felt to me as a bit insincere， given how one of Hans's key idea of factfulness ids to resist thinking emotionally and to distrust anyone trying to appeal to your emotions。 You be the judge of that。 What we need is a more current version of a book like this， with its core principles， written by someone who isn't afraid of telling the truth。 My bet is that such a book would be cancelled even before it gets published， if the author happens to be famous enough。 So read this book， maybe couple it with Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined， and more importantly， try to understand the core ideas presented， then apply those ideas to the data sourced from various differing perspectives。 Then you'll be the so-called factful person that Hans is hoping everyone would be。 。。。more
Lev
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What an absolutely fascinating and mind blowing book。 though I am quite proud of saying I am in the minority who got 9 questions right out of 13， I think that this book is much more than a test of your general knowledge。 This book， although not perfectly written， is incredible at what it sets to achieve， and at what it， in fact， does。 Hans Rosling is an absolute Legend。 But that is not why am I giving this book 5 stars。 This book should be taught at school。 Or at least parts of it。 This book not What an absolutely fascinating and mind blowing book。 though I am quite proud of saying I am in the minority who got 9 questions right out of 13， I think that this book is much more than a test of your general knowledge。 This book， although not perfectly written， is incredible at what it sets to achieve， and at what it， in fact， does。 Hans Rosling is an absolute Legend。 But that is not why am I giving this book 5 stars。 This book should be taught at school。 Or at least parts of it。 This book not only explores how humans are fundamentally prone to misjudgment and misconception， but also the ways in which we actively repeat the same basic mistakes over and over again。 I enjoyed it thoroughly， RIP Hans Rosling。 。。。more
Filip
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Great book to help people define what are the reasons behind the distorted world view！
Mohy_p
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فکر می کنید جهان رو به بهتر شدن می ره یا بدتر شدن ؟ این کتاب با دلایل و استناد به آمار و ارقام بین المللی به ما نشون میده که جهان آنقدر ها بد که به ما القا شده پیش نمی روداین کتاب از اون مدل کتاب هایی هست که دوست دارمشونکتاب هایی که موقع خوندنشون حتما باید یه مداد دستم باشه که حاشیه نویسی کنم و زیر بعضی جملات خط بکشم 。«شروع کتاب»کتاب شروع جذابی داره 。با 13 سوال سه گزینه ای شروع میشه و از شما می خواد به سوالات جواب بدید 。و تا پایان کتاب مباحث تا حدی به این 13سوال مربوط میشه «موضوع کتاب»کتاب دربار فکر می کنید جهان رو به بهتر شدن می ره یا بدتر شدن ؟ این کتاب با دلایل و استناد به آمار و ارقام بین المللی به ما نشون میده که جهان آنقدر ها بد که به ما القا شده پیش نمی روداین کتاب از اون مدل کتاب هایی هست که دوست دارمشونکتاب هایی که موقع خوندنشون حتما باید یه مداد دستم باشه که حاشیه نویسی کنم و زیر بعضی جملات خط بکشم 。«شروع کتاب»کتاب شروع جذابی داره 。با 13 سوال سه گزینه ای شروع میشه و از شما می خواد به سوالات جواب بدید 。و تا پایان کتاب مباحث تا حدی به این 13سوال مربوط میشه «موضوع کتاب»کتاب درباره غرایزی صحبت می کنه که می تونند مانع واقعگراییمون بشند مثل غریزه «شکاف» که تصویری با دو گروه به ما ارائه میده در حالیکه واقعیت دو قطبی نیست و معمولا اکثریت جایی بین دو قطبند یا غریزه «اندازه» که بهمون یاد میده وقتی عدد بزرگی رو توی یک خبر یا موقعیت می شنویم دنبال اعدادی مربوط بگردیم و مقایسه کنیم یا نسبت بگیریم چون نسبت ها با معنا هستندیا غریزه «سرنوشت» که باعث میشه فکر کنیم که ویژگی ذاتی کشور ها و مذاهب تعیین کننده سرنوشت اونهاست در حالیکه فرهنگ ها و جوامع بی تغییر نیستند و اگر با بزرگتر ها صحبت کنیم می بینیم که چقد ارزش های جامعه تغییر کرده اند «درباره سطح سختی متن کتاب»ناداستان بودن کتاب به هیچ وجه این فکر که مطالب کتاب سخت و غیر قابل فهم هستند رو بهتون القا نکنه 。 اتفاقا با مثال ها و نمودار های زیادی که نویسنده میاره و بیان ساده ای که داره مطالب خیلی قابل فهمند «درباره کتاب»چیزی که در مورد این کتاب دوست دارم این هست که تنها درباره غریزه هایی که ما رو به اشتباه می اندازند صحبت نمی کنه و «راهکار» هایی برای مقابله با این غرایز بهمون ارائه میدهیه قسمت هایی（ص 40 و 123） اینقدر مقایسه انواع نمودار ها و برداشت های خطایی که موجب می شند جالب بود با خودم فکر کردم حتما اگر معلم امار شدم یه روزی برای بچه ها توضیحشون بدمکتاب در 2017 نوشته شده و تا حد زیادی اطلاعات و اماری که می ده به روز هستند «کرونا»ی قسمت هایی در مورد بیماری های واگیردار صحبت میکرد و تو این روز ها که هنوز درگیر کروناییم خوندنشون جالب بود ، مثلا : :متخصصان جدی بیماری های واگیردار معتقدند هنوز هم نوع کثیف جدیدی از آنفلوآنزا خطرناک ترین تهدید سلامت جهان است«رواداری»در قسمتی هم صحبت میکرد که ما برای جلوگیری از جنگ جهانی سوم نیاز داریم به افزایش ارتباط با ادم ها از کشورها و فرهنگ های دیگر که من و یاد یک سری استوری از پیج jannatkhah。ir انداخت که می گفت هر چی در یک جامعه ای ارتباطات بیشتر بشه رواداری اون جامعه هم افزایش پیدا میکنه«کتاب های دیگر»فکر می کنم اگر این کتاب رو دوست داشتید این دو کتاب رو هم دوست داشته باشید یا بالعکس : هنر شفاف اندیشیدن از نشر چشمه ، کی بود کی بود از نشر گمان«نشرها»این کتاب رو میلکان ، نوین ، کرگدن ، کوله پشتی و خوب با نام های تقریبا متفاوتی ترجمه کردند 。 که البته من اطلاعی ندارم کدوم ترجمه بهتره و ترجمه میلکان رو هدیه گرفتم 。با اینکه چاپ هشتم رو داشتم اما غلط های نگارشی داشت ولی از ترجمه ناراضی نیستم«کلمات مرتبط با این کتاب» #واقعیت #رسانه #سلامت #منطق #اعداد خیلی اتفاقی کتابی که توی لیست خریدم بود رو از پیج اینستا elhamabedini。70 هدیه گرفتم یه زمانی هر ماه دو بار کتاب هدیه میدادن من این کتاب رو دوست داشتم و خوشحالم از اینکه خوندمش （که البته ریویو های دوستای گودریدزم موجب اشناییم با این کتاب شد اگر نه جای دیگه ای ندیده بودمش قبل از اینکه هدیه بگیرمش）مرسی که ریویو می نویسید «قسمت هایی از کتاب »*بهداشت دندان با حرکت مردم از سطح یک به سطح دو ، بدتر می شود و سپس در سطح چهار بهبود پیدا می کند。 （نویسنده سطح مالی مردم جهان رو به جای دو قسمت در حال پیشرفت و پیشرفته به 4 سطح تقسیم می کنه ） دلیلش این است که مردم به دلیل برخورداری از استطاعت مالی ، شروع می کنند به خوردن انواع شیرینی ها ، اما دولت ها تا قبل از سطح سه。 به لحاظ مالی نمی توانند。。。 （اموزش پیشگیرانه بدهند）*غریزه شکاف جهان را به «ما» و «آن ها» تقسیم می کند و غریزه تعمیم باعث می شود «ما» همه ی «آن ها» را یکسان تصور کنیم。*از اکثریت آگاه باشید 。。。 به خاطر داشته باشید که «اکثریت » فقط یعنی بیش تر از نصف 。 پس هم پنجاه و یک درصد ، اکثریت است و هم نود و نه درصد 。 در صورت امکان درصد را بپرسید 。*در بین ده کشوری که سریع ترین رشد اقتصادی سال 2016 را داشته اند ، نه مورد نمره پایینی در دمکراسی می گیرند 。。。more
Di Pan
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First time I really felt that the world was moving in a better direction。
Lynn Cornelissen
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Hans leaves a legacy behind with this masterpiece of a book。 Educational， practical and well supported by factual information。 Rules that enable you to practice factfulness to achieve a better world view - illustrated by examples from his own experience。 The wisdom in this book is undeniable。 On top of that， it reads like a dream。 Now a staple read for me。
Sarvesh Tiwari
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A book that provides a perspective based on statistics and gives hope for a better future。
Tatiana Harciníková
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Na začiatku som bola skeptická， či som cieľovkou tejto knihy， ale bolo to super！
Rita Schenck
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Small book big ideasI was drawn to this book because I was the ed of an organization supporting fact based environmental decision making。 How lovely to see a book that talked about so many of my soapbox speeches。 Statistics are elegant in clarifying issues， especially when placed in context of other relevant facts and statistics。 But we are always going to be driven by our own evolutionary biology seeing the world as humans half a million years ago did。 Factfulness lays out the challenge and pro Small book big ideasI was drawn to this book because I was the ed of an organization supporting fact based environmental decision making。 How lovely to see a book that talked about so many of my soapbox speeches。 Statistics are elegant in clarifying issues， especially when placed in context of other relevant facts and statistics。 But we are always going to be driven by our own evolutionary biology seeing the world as humans half a million years ago did。 Factfulness lays out the challenge and provides some way signs for helping us see the world as it really is。 Not perfect but getting better in most ways。 And the need for humility in addressing people， problems and the world。 Our brains are small and the universe is large。 This book is small but its story is not。 。。。more
Larry
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Although his focus is on the dramatic improvements in global health and education in the past 50+ years， one of the great strengths of this book is the clear advice he provides about how to avoid the logical and emotional pitfalls that lead us to bad decisions。 Although I think he minimized the long term dangers of nuclear power and DDT， and I highly recommend this book。
Cheryl
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What an eye opener。 I know I am late to this party considering the book was published in 2018 but I intend to recommend to many I work with and friends and family。 I think we may have imperialist attitude in the west whether we want to admit or not。 Rich or poor makes no sense and if you have travelled at all outside your cocoon you know this。 There are more middle income people in the world and further if you work in business you know what a powerhouse China and India are today。 The separate ec What an eye opener。 I know I am late to this party considering the book was published in 2018 but I intend to recommend to many I work with and friends and family。 I think we may have imperialist attitude in the west whether we want to admit or not。 Rich or poor makes no sense and if you have travelled at all outside your cocoon you know this。 There are more middle income people in the world and further if you work in business you know what a powerhouse China and India are today。 The separate economic levels from 1 to 4 make complete sense。 I think what stuck with me as we should be teaching children the world will keep changing and they will have to update their knowledge and world view throughout their lives。 Not sure we are so good at this and we tend to had this off to nearest internet soundbite。 。。。more
Brian
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Massively perspective shifting and inspiring。
Deepika Bandaru
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I read this book a couple of weeks ago， while my country was battling a deadly second wave of coronavirus and there was huge collective grief around。 I agree with the criticism the book has received about presenting a one-sided view。 However， for me， it did just the job I expected。 It assured me there is some progress and hope in the world， after all！ I also liked how the author suggested ways to overcome common misjudgment while looking at data。
Ellen Leverington
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Curriculum planning at every level should be informed by this book and the way of thinking it promotes。 Everyone should read this。
Michelle Beese
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Great book to help you have a positve view of the world！！！
Withmanyroots
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Fascinating， head-scratching read。 Important ideas to hold for those wanting to make change。
Neil
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This book is brilliant。 Fascinating， engaging， thought provoking。 One of the best books I have ever read。 I can’t recommend it enough。
David Lansing
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Really just a wonderful book， the best I’ve read in quite awhile。 I’ve actually been saying to people for some time that things are getting better and have been for a long time but it’s great to see the actual data and discussion here。 I enjoy the resolution of human biases which sits at the the center of all real progress
Kjersti Blauenfeldt Næss
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Viktigste boka man kan lese！！ Burde leses ved jevne mellomrom :）:）
Chris
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Required reading
Jonas Goessaert
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Al veel getwijfeld of ik mijn Twitter-Profiel niet moest verwijderen zodat ik die bagger die sommige mensen posten niet meer zou moeten lezen。 Feitenkennis vertelt over hoe verkeerde informatie een eigen leven gaat leiden en voor waar wordt aanzien。 Absolute aanrader。 Spoiler: de wereld gaat niet naar de kloten de laatste 20 jaar， dat verkoopt gewoon meer gazetten。 Doe gerust de test op Gapminder。org
Cole Evans
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I read this book after a really heavy non-fiction one and it was a great antidote to feeling overwhelmed about the world。 The motto of this one "bad but better" is a good reminder that we can enjoy the progress we've made without stopping to try and make things even better。 I read this book after a really heavy non-fiction one and it was a great antidote to feeling overwhelmed about the world。 The motto of this one "bad but better" is a good reminder that we can enjoy the progress we've made without stopping to try and make things even better。 。。。more
Margarida Rios
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Refreshing。 Reminds you that a lot of the news we hear nowadays are not always as dark as they seem。 It explains to you in a very funny and educative way how the world is getting better。 Has a few multiple choice questions in between which I find rather entertaining and engaging as the book tends to be very informative at times。
Sean Moran
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This book is good， as it is very impressive to read about massive global improvements across many aspects。 But I found myself wanting to read a slightly different topic - whether it has improved fast enough。 The authors' mostly avoid that question。 Other than that， the personal anecdotes pair really well with the （essentially） psychological short cuts / traps we fall into。 This book is good， as it is very impressive to read about massive global improvements across many aspects。 But I found myself wanting to read a slightly different topic - whether it has improved fast enough。 The authors' mostly avoid that question。 Other than that， the personal anecdotes pair really well with the （essentially） psychological short cuts / traps we fall into。 。。。more
Leon Barkan
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И всё-таки Не все так плохо ;）
Oliver Enders
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A truly amazing book that will make you aware of your own flaws and change how you think， everyone should read this！
Irina
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