Factfulness
by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund
Rosling's ten instincts that make us see the world as worse than it is, gap, negativity, straight line, fear, size, generalization, destiny, single perspective, blame, urgency, with data showing how much global health and income have improved. It is cheerful, rigorous and a corrective to doom. Written as he was dying, which gives it weight.
Read it if…
you want a data-based, hopeful view of the world and better habits of thinking.
Skip it if…
you want political argument; it is deliberately non-partisan.
Three things you will actually use
- Expect bad news to be overreported.
- Look for the majority, not the extremes.
- Ask for the rate, not the raw number.
Do this first
Take the thirteen-question quiz at the start before reading; most people score worse than chance.
Our verdict
Hopeful, rigorous and clarifying.
Compare with other Mindset books
The Power of Positive Thinking
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Dated, devotional and still quietly effective for readers who meet it on its own terms.
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