Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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4.6 • 14 Ratings
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- 2,99 €
Publisher Description
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 *
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Poverty is down, life expectancy is up and—surprise!—the world is a much brighter place than we think. That’s the core tenet of Factfulness, a masterful recalibration of global misconceptions from breakout TED speaker Hans Rosling, a medical doctor and renowned international health professor. Using clear-eyed reasoning, anecdotal support and “data as therapy”, Rosling shows how we’ve let fear, overgeneralisations, and impatience blind us to major leaps in human progress. Factfulness is a crucial lesson for confusing times, reminding us that the path ahead lies not in panic but in clear thinking.
Customer Reviews
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I was resistant to read this book at first, but it has proven a stupid instinct. The simple, yet informed way everything is presented in there makes the reading experience soothing and the learning enjoyable. I can easily say that this book took proudly a place in my top 10.
It outlines how we are terribly wrong about facts of our times and and why we are stuck in the past. Despite things not being perfect, they are becoming better and better and we should be a lot more positive than we are about our future as mankind.