Factfulness. Dlaczego świat jest lepszy, niż myślimy, czyli jak stereotypy zastąpić realną wiedzą

Factfulness. Dlaczego świat jest lepszy, niż myślimy, czyli jak stereotypy zastąpić realną wiedzą

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  • Author:Hans Rosling
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Summary

Factfulness: nawyk wygłaszania opinii w oparciu o niepodważalne fakty。

Kiedy ktoś zadaje nam proste pytania na temat światowych trendów – np。 jaki procent światowej populacji żyje w biedzie; dlaczego liczba ludności na świecie rośnie; jaki procent dziewcząt kończy szkołę podstawową – zwykle udzielamy błędnych odpowiedzi。 I to do tego stopnia, że szympans, który wybiera je losowo, uzyskuje lepszy wynik od nauczycieli, dziennikarzy, laureatów nagrody Nobla czy też bankierów inwestycyjnych。

W książce Factfulness profesor zdrowia międzynarodowego i wykładowca konferencji TED, Hans Rosling, wraz z dwoma wieloletnimi współpracownikami, Anną i Olem, proponują nowe, choć dość radykalne wyjaśnienie tego zjawiska。 Opisują dziesięć instynktów, które zakłócają nasz punkt widzenia – począwszy od tendencji do podziału świata na dwa obozy („my” i „oni”), poprzez sposób, w jaki odbieramy informacje medialne (w których dominuje strach), a kończąc na tym, jak postrzegamy postęp (zwykle zakładamy, że wszystko idzie ku gorszemu)。

Okazuje się, że nasz świat pomimo swoich niedoskonałości, znajduje się w znacznie lepszym stanie niż się spodziewamy。 Nie oznacza to, iż prawdziwe zagrożenia nie istnieją。 Jednak gdy nieustannie martwimy się o wszystko, zamiast skupiać się na faktach i na ich podstawie budować sobie obraz świata, możemy nie zauważyć tego, co naprawdę nam zagraża。

Inspirująca i rewolucyjna, pełna interesujących anegdot i poruszających historii。 Factfulness jest książką, którą należy przeczytać, ponieważ zmieni ona twój sposób postrzegania świata。

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Reviews

Lynne Emmett

Read this book。 Question everything。

Geidi Lovise

A must read!

André Veiga

An excellent book, written by a very intelligent man。 The book manages to change our way of thinking in a fun and interesting way, breaking many barriers to the perception of the world。 Overall, an excellent read。

Linda Vituma

Concerned and full of joy - divas domas vienlaikus。 Biju dzirdējusi par to, kā, arī parastu dzīvi dzīvojoši cilvēki, mēdz kļūt apgaismoti。 It kā sapratu ideju, bet ne līdz galam。 Mūki - jā, bet parasti cilvēki。 Un tā dzīve man dāvā iespēju vienu pēc otra piedzīvot patiesi apgaismotus cilvēkus。 Jo kas gan ir apgaismība - redzēt to, kas ir tādu, kāds tas ir。 Hans Rosling to spēja。 Un daļu no tā rādīja arī man。 Pilnīgi noteikti grāmata, ko pārlasīt / klausīties atkal un atkal。 Concerned and full of joy - divas domas vienlaikus。 Biju dzirdējusi par to, kā, arī parastu dzīvi dzīvojoši cilvēki, mēdz kļūt apgaismoti。 It kā sapratu ideju, bet ne līdz galam。 Mūki - jā, bet parasti cilvēki。 Un tā dzīve man dāvā iespēju vienu pēc otra piedzīvot patiesi apgaismotus cilvēkus。 Jo kas gan ir apgaismība - redzēt to, kas ir tādu, kāds tas ir。 Hans Rosling to spēja。 Un daļu no tā rādīja arī man。 Pilnīgi noteikti grāmata, ko pārlasīt / klausīties atkal un atkal。 。。。more

Amaia Alonso Cederqvist

Känner: lättläst, mysig, intressant bok! Vill/kmr använda mig av hans "tips" dom va toppen。 Men tråkigt med så lite klimatperspektiv när det är en så viktig fråga ang världens utveckling。 Minns inte det exakta citatet men tror Ola söderholm sagt typ : "världen är bättre än den någonsin varit, men den brinner också" Känner: lättläst, mysig, intressant bok! Vill/kmr använda mig av hans "tips" dom va toppen。 Men tråkigt med så lite klimatperspektiv när det är en så viktig fråga ang världens utveckling。 Minns inte det exakta citatet men tror Ola söderholm sagt typ : "världen är bättre än den någonsin varit, men den brinner också" 。。。more

Catalina Diaz

A different vision from the world than the one that have been taught to all of us with a positive and hopeful message that inspires

Farshid

Informative but sometimes boring

Mahmoud Nagy

In my opinion that’s a book every individual must read。 It changed my dramatic worldview to a fact-based one and most important it gave me hope!The book explains the 10 instincts that distort our worldview and prevent us from seeing the whole picture as it is。 Most of the things the writer mentioned was supported by data and charts and don’t worry it’s not boring at all。 Every chapter you will get to know something new。 I really enjoyed it and totally recommend it to everyone!

Mauricio Beuzeville

Excelente libro。 Preciso para el momento actual que se vive。 10 Instintos que (no me cabe duda) hemos sufrido personalmente o conocemos a alguien que lo ha hecho。Obligatoria su lectura。 Brinda consejos para afrontar estos instintos que socavan la tranquilidad de nuestros días。

Giangy Giang

A very informative boo。 I like how the arguments are presented in the book: convincing and straight to the point。 We need to look at facts, we need to be humble and curious。 Look at our world as it really is and try to do our best。

William Kitching

This book simply taught me that the world isn’t as bad as what it’s portrayed to be。 The world is gradually, and in some cases rapidly, becoming a better place。 We should no longer group countries as ‘us’ and ‘them’ but rather see that there are many levels to development and the majority of the worlds population resides somewhere in the middle。Some of the best investment opportunities over the coming decades will be in Asia and Africa。 Both these continents are growing demographically and devel This book simply taught me that the world isn’t as bad as what it’s portrayed to be。 The world is gradually, and in some cases rapidly, becoming a better place。 We should no longer group countries as ‘us’ and ‘them’ but rather see that there are many levels to development and the majority of the worlds population resides somewhere in the middle。Some of the best investment opportunities over the coming decades will be in Asia and Africa。 Both these continents are growing demographically and developing on a rapid scale。 Simply thinking Africa is destined for failure because it has always been poor is the wrong outlook。That said, I understand this book was meant for the wider population but I did think at times it was childlike and unnecessarily simple。 。。。more

Auste Skrupskyte

An obvious must-read。On the importance of data, curiosity, fact-checking, and building a broader perspective of the world we live in, despite the negativity-driven news。Written in a super easy-going way, with some light jokes from a personal experience (love it or hate it) - not only is it a must but also easily understandable to most。 Refresh your knowledge, learn how to spot gaps, question, and understand complex situations。 I loved it and only highly recommend it, of course。

Mail

Every fact that u need to be happy about the world。 And when I say every fact, I mean EVERY fact。 This give u a hopeful outlook into everything humans are doing right for once。 Great mood booster。

Vivi :)

This book made me laugh, cry and learn at the same time。 Hans had the most extraordinary life yet he remains so humble in sharing his stories, it's hard not to grow to love him as you read。 And loved the mix of lessons with his personal experience and life stories。 This book made me laugh, cry and learn at the same time。 Hans had the most extraordinary life yet he remains so humble in sharing his stories, it's hard not to grow to love him as you read。 And loved the mix of lessons with his personal experience and life stories。 。。。more

Karima

After reading this, I can honestly say I feel better about our world (which is not within my nature say about anything)。 The book is by default mostly optimistic but rather than using anecdotes to support this, Rosling uses data。 The first distinction I appreciate is how Rosling changes the frame of reference regarding the income gap from "developing countries" to a 4 level categorization。 Level 1 is extreme poverty-those living on $1-$2 / day。 Level 2 is about $4/day。 Level 3 is between $8 and After reading this, I can honestly say I feel better about our world (which is not within my nature say about anything)。 The book is by default mostly optimistic but rather than using anecdotes to support this, Rosling uses data。 The first distinction I appreciate is how Rosling changes the frame of reference regarding the income gap from "developing countries" to a 4 level categorization。 Level 1 is extreme poverty-those living on $1-$2 / day。 Level 2 is about $4/day。 Level 3 is between $8 and $32/day。 Level 4 is enough to have all of your needs met and then some。 There are about 1 billion people living at Level 1 and another billion living at level four which means most of the world falls into Levels 2 and 3 which is not extreme poverty or wealth。 This scale is much more helpful than saying "developing countries" which is just too vague。 It's less about Us an Them and more about where we are in the bigger scheme:"In fact, the vast majority of the world’s population lives somewhere in the middle of the income scale。 Perhaps they are not what we think of as middle class, but they are not living in extreme poverty。 Their girls go to school, their children get vaccinated, they live in two-child families, and they want to go abroad on holiday, not as refugees。 Step-by-step, year-by-year, the world is improving。 Not on every single measure every single year, but as a rule。 Though the world faces huge challenges, we have made tremendous progress。 This is the fact-based worldview。"Another point that struck me is the idea that "a majority" isn't all that helpful when looking at girls getting a primary school education or how many women have access to contraception, or a whole host of other data。 It seems like a no-brainer, but I hadn't really considered it: "When someone says that a majority of a group has some property it can sound like most of them have something in common。 Remember that majority just means more than half。 It could mean 51 percent。 It could mean 99 percent。 If possible, ask for the percentage。"There are numerous points of data in the book which are all helpful and it's full of examples of how life has improved, albeit slowly, over time。 While small progressive improvements don't provide dramatic news headlines, it's good to know that we can and do see improvement in how people are living。 I genuinely appreciated Rosling's tone to the book。 His writing style was optimistic。 Rather than judging or condemning the flawed methods of thinking we may have as humans, he was always gentle and forgiving。 I wish he was still with us。 Especially now that misinformation is rampant。 Fortunately his son and daughter-in-law have continued his work through the Gapminder Foundation。 。。。more

Alex A。

My "of course, this is how the world works" world views got completely demolished, turned upside down, and thrown out the window。 "Factfulness" served as an important reminder to check my facts, apply rational thinking, be conscious about biases, and make conclusions based on data。 My "of course, this is how the world works" world views got completely demolished, turned upside down, and thrown out the window。 "Factfulness" served as an important reminder to check my facts, apply rational thinking, be conscious about biases, and make conclusions based on data。 。。。more

Nadia Emran Vatsaloo

Brilliant tools to help navigate the increasingly dominant world of social media。

( Lydia )

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Nico Robin

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Another recommendation by my celebrity mentors。 One of them is Engr。 Slater Young from their podcast named skypodcast。 He is fan of self-help books like myself and this is the reason why I give it a chance to read this geeky book。 Fun fact, Bill Gates also recommended this one。 It is printed on the front title of the book。There are 10 chapters plus 1 for the overall discussion of the application of factfulness in our daily lives。 There are also questions about the population, poverty, climate ch Another recommendation by my celebrity mentors。 One of them is Engr。 Slater Young from their podcast named skypodcast。 He is fan of self-help books like myself and this is the reason why I give it a chance to read this geeky book。 Fun fact, Bill Gates also recommended this one。 It is printed on the front title of the book。There are 10 chapters plus 1 for the overall discussion of the application of factfulness in our daily lives。 There are also questions about the population, poverty, climate change, and etc。 I think I got only 1/2 correct answers。 This book will help you heal ignorance to global dilemmas。Before I have this mindset that as year passed by, the world suffered more。 In a nutshell, we are having more problems instead of improving after having all the science technologies in the world。 After reading this book, I am so wrong and so ignorant of the facts and actual data and what's happening to the world。Some of the information I learned are the following:1。 In all low-income countries across the world today, there are 60 PERCENT of girls finish primary school。 I thought that these countries are still not having the decent education since the news and media are all portraying that mindset。 2。 Majority of the world population live in MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES。 All I think before is that our country is low-income countries since all we can watch from the news and even social media platforms is that there are people dying in the slums。 BTW there are four stages of income a family can identify with。 Number 1 is the poorest people where they fetch their water from distant places, sleep on the floor, use candles/lamps, and have salary of $1 a day。 Number 2 is the family who still fetch water, sleep on floor, have electricity, and salary of $2 a day。 Number 3 is the family who has water from faucet, has bed, electricity, and salary of $4 a day。 Number 4 is the richest people。 3。 In the last 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has ALMOST HALVED。 Compared to war years, there are government leading the people and according to data, poverty is almost halved。 If I haven't read this book, I will continue believe that there are more people dying every day due to poverty。 Thanks to this book since my perspective to the world is changing to positivity。4。 The life expectancy of the world today is 70 YEARS。 Before, I thought people will die earlier due to the pollution and too much usage of technologies that leads to health issues。 The USA has more budget in hospital and health issues but there are more deaths there compared to other poor countries。 The reason is lifestyle maybe。5。 There are 2 billion children in the world today, aged 0 to 15 years old。 According to UN, there will be 2 BILLION children in the year 2100。 We are so wary of having an overpopulation but it's a worry futile。 Hans Rosling explained in this book the Straight Line Instinct where we believe that population will keep adding and adding and so on but we are wrong。 For example, is there a child that haven't stopped growing taller? None, right? This is similar to the population since there are people dying as well as babies living。6。 The UN predicts that by 2100 the world population will have increased by another 4 billion people because THERE WILL BE MORE ADULTS (AGE 15 TO 74)。 This is related to increasing life expectancies of human beings, not because more babies will be born。 7。 The number of deaths per year from natural disasters changed over the last hundred years is DECREASED TO LESS THAN HALF。 This is backed-up by the data showing that science and technology helped people to be prepared。 Hence, there is less death。8。 The 80 PERCENT of the world's 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease。 Before measles killed a lot of people but because of vaccine there are saved。 It's insane how people are afraid of the COVID0-19 vaccine due to health complications。 If only they can compare this year to the 20th century, they will line up in the hospital and get the FREE vaccine。 9。 Worldwide, 30-year-old men have spend 10 years in school, in average。 The women of the same age spend in school for 9 YEARS。 After century of women fighting for equality, we are almost getting there。 Imagine one year gap between men and women in terms of years in education。10。 In 1996, tigers, giant pandas, and black rhinos were all listed as endangered。 NONE of these species is critically endangered today。 There are higher-ups who use fear to create panic and followed by actions。 This fact is crazy since I thought black rhinos and giants pandas are critically endangered。 On the silver lining, I am happy that there are still living animals like them for future to take care of。。。hopefully。11。The Single Perspective Instinct where we believe that everything is the same。 Hans Rosling shared his single mind perspective of Africa。 In a conference he talked before, he discussed how on later years that Africa will grow to a prosperous and successful country with trains, tourist spots, and so on which is similar to how West countries boomed。 Then the representative of the African people talked to him and said that she is a bit disappointed because he's comparing Africa to other Western countries。 But what the African people wants is to be accepted as tourist when they arrive in other countries。。。not as refugee。 After reading that part, I almost cried because this country has its history of fighting for their republic government from the British people。 The only thing they want is to have more children enjoying in the beach instead of working to feed their family。 And what the leader representative said that she wants her people to be received as tourist guests, not refugees, speaks a lot of how little we are informed of their lives。------This book is the final book of Hans Rosling。 When he was diagnosed from cancer, writing this book helps him to keep fighting。 Unfortunately, he died right after finishing the book with the help of his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling。 This book is the product of these three extraordinary people to help people be informed and become less ignorant。 All the data from this book is based from accurate research。 It's not even boring IF you really want to learn。 Honestly, it feels the same as how we finish a thriller book。 The new information is like a plot in a thriller book。 You have realizations and 'oooh' moments。 Rest in peace Mr。 Hans Rosling。 Thank you for this wonderful and informative book。 Your legacy to heal ignorance is one of a kind。 。。。more

Lampros Linardos

Just an amazing book which can change your perspective and the way you see a lot of things。 You have to finish it, to understand the message of the author which I think is much more than a “positive view”。

Zuz reads

This is an interesting and easily readable book that is both informative about the world as it is and does a nice job discussing meta cognition。 Having conversations about how we know what we know and how to interpret data is such an important topic always and feels particularly pressing in our current political climate。 I found Rosling's statement that we should keep in mind that the world can be both bad and better at the same time particularly helpful when reading this book (and in general wh This is an interesting and easily readable book that is both informative about the world as it is and does a nice job discussing meta cognition。 Having conversations about how we know what we know and how to interpret data is such an important topic always and feels particularly pressing in our current political climate。 I found Rosling's statement that we should keep in mind that the world can be both bad and better at the same time particularly helpful when reading this book (and in general when thinking about reality)。 This book is not without some shortcomings。 I at times found Rosling's tone a bit too condescending。 He repeated how poorly folks do on his quiz questions much too much。 And one can quibble with how those quiz questions are phrased。 But overall the good outweighs the draw backs。 Bottom line this is an informative and easy to read book about important topics。 Highly recommended。 。。。more

Sally Birks

If you are like me, and worry about the state of our world on a regular basis and feel helpless about it, then this book will help。 We have made lots of progress that goes unreported for various reasons。 That's not to say that we don't still have problems, we do and Hans doesn't shy away from that。 It's just that things aren't as bad as we are told they are。 Ultimately it is up to us to do our own research, question what we are told or what we hear, and assess it from the point of view of Factfu If you are like me, and worry about the state of our world on a regular basis and feel helpless about it, then this book will help。 We have made lots of progress that goes unreported for various reasons。 That's not to say that we don't still have problems, we do and Hans doesn't shy away from that。 It's just that things aren't as bad as we are told they are。 Ultimately it is up to us to do our own research, question what we are told or what we hear, and assess it from the point of view of Factfulness。 I really enjoyed this book, very insightful, educating and well written。 。。。more

Angela N

I thought this was a really enlightening and important book。 I am personally guilty of having made sweeping generalizations in the past that are outdated/not grounded in fact。 Although the book is slightly outdated now, I found many of the insights fascinating and will certainly view things I read/see with a more critically analytical viewpoint going forwards。

HornDevil

Miellyttävästi kirjoitettu kirja tilastoista。 Itsellänikin oli hyvin väärä käsitys maailman kurjuudesta。 Tämä kirja antoi perspektiiviä。 Silmiä avaava。

Sérgio Figueiredo

Uma lição de humildade na avaliação do mundo。 Mais, uma lição em como, sem humildade não é possível avaliar o mundo。 Tudo o que sabemos pode estar errado e não devemos entrar numa discussão sem estarmos dispostos a mudar a nossa ideia se as evidências assim o exigirem。

Brandon Marren

Excellent book。 Wish it was mandated reading for all humans

Gabriel

Es ist eines dieser Bücher, das einen nicht nur oft, sondern aus den unterschiedlichsten Richtungen empfohlen wird。 Ein Must Read angeblich。 Ich war gespannt。 Angenehm fällt sogleich auf, dass dieses Sachbuch mit guten Storys daher kommt, die, und das ist der Unterschied zu zum Beispiel "Give and Take", das ich parallel las, tatsächlich vom Autor erlebt wurden。 Hans Rosling ist ein schwedischer Professor, er ist Schwertschlucker, hat lange in Afrika als Arzt gearbeitet und möchte uns mit Hilfe v Es ist eines dieser Bücher, das einen nicht nur oft, sondern aus den unterschiedlichsten Richtungen empfohlen wird。 Ein Must Read angeblich。 Ich war gespannt。 Angenehm fällt sogleich auf, dass dieses Sachbuch mit guten Storys daher kommt, die, und das ist der Unterschied zu zum Beispiel "Give and Take", das ich parallel las, tatsächlich vom Autor erlebt wurden。 Hans Rosling ist ein schwedischer Professor, er ist Schwertschlucker, hat lange in Afrika als Arzt gearbeitet und möchte uns mit Hilfe von Statistiken erklären, dass unsere Sicht auf die Welt getrübt ist。 Und er schafft es tatsächlich, Appetit auf Daten und Auswertungen zu machen, in dem er aufzeigt, wie wir uns tagtäglich blenden (lassen)。 Ich habe als Hörbuch gehört und sogleich als Buch nachgekauft。 Natürlich weil ich all die tollen Grafiken nochmal nachvollziehen wollte, aber auch weil es ein Buch ist, das so gut ist, dass ich es einfach in mein Regal stellen musste。 。。。more

Catarina

A must have book in your library。 It is an essencial book to update your knowledge。

Sherry

In reading a book intended to help rewire one's brain to think about our perceptions in a different manner, the process can be both confusingly difficult and exciting。 This is such a book。 I hoped that by the end I would understand fully how to think about the world in a new and startling way。。。。to envision change without undue drama。 I'm not a new person。 However, I think I understand that, like any skill, it must be practiced and thought about。 I'm curious, which is a beginning。 In reading a book intended to help rewire one's brain to think about our perceptions in a different manner, the process can be both confusingly difficult and exciting。 This is such a book。 I hoped that by the end I would understand fully how to think about the world in a new and startling way。。。。to envision change without undue drama。 I'm not a new person。 However, I think I understand that, like any skill, it must be practiced and thought about。 I'm curious, which is a beginning。 。。。more

Joris

I already knew things are getting better and better worldwide concerning humanity (don't confuse humanity with nature - related but different)。 But I didn't know the world population will stop growing soon, something that maybe worried me the most。 We'll end up somewhere around 11 billion and that sounds like a number we can work with。 Now fingers crossed we'll find some solutions for keeping the earth in shape。 I already knew things are getting better and better worldwide concerning humanity (don't confuse humanity with nature - related but different)。 But I didn't know the world population will stop growing soon, something that maybe worried me the most。 We'll end up somewhere around 11 billion and that sounds like a number we can work with。 Now fingers crossed we'll find some solutions for keeping the earth in shape。 。。。more