by Hans Rosling
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.
Hans Rosling died recently, but his amazing work lives on in TED Talks and this book. Melinda Gates said: “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.”
Former US President Barak Obama said: "Factfulness 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."
i think you will be captivated by Rosling’s ability to draw new and insightful conclusions about the world from a deep-dive into data. His passion for turning data into revelations and his optimism about the future are addictive.
