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020			_a9781250123824
040			_aAIS _dAIS
100			_aHans Rosling
100			_aAnna Rosling Rönnlund
100			_aOla Rosling
245			_aFactfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
082			_a155.9'04
250			_a1st
260			_aNew York _bFlatiron Books _c2018
520			_aWhen 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 camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don't know what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn't mean there aren't real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. 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 empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future.
655			_aStress management
655			_aNonfiction
655			_aEconomics
655			_aHistory
655			_aPolitics
655			_aPsychology
655			_aPhilosophy
655			_aSelf Help
655			_aSociology
655			_aBusiness
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