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**“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates****“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.” __―__Melinda Gates****__Factfulnes__s: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.** When asked simple questions about global trends―__what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school__―we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In __Factfulness__, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers **a radical new explanation of why this happens**. They reveal **the ten instincts that distort our perspective**―from our tendency to divide the world into two
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- Author
- Hans Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund & Ola Rosling
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250231987
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Medical, Medicine
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (75 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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