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<p>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br><br><b>“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates<br><br>“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But <i>Factfulness</i> does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” <i>—</i>Melinda Gates<br><br></b><b>"<i>Factfulness</i> by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama</b><b><i><br><br>Factfulnes</i>s: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. </b><br><br>When asked simple questions about global trends—<i>what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school</i>—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and
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- Author
- Hans Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund & Ola Rosling [Rosling, Hans & Rönnlund, Anna Rosling & Rosling, Ola]
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250123817
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (75 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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