02896cam a2200385 i 4500 5990 FISKH 20250218140925.0 180406s2018 nyuab b 001 0 eng 2018000167 9781250107817 (hardcover) 9781473637498 DLC eng DLC rda DLC RA785 .R673 155.9 Rosling, Hans, author. Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think / Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund. This paperback edition published in 2019 London : Sceptre, 2018. 342 pages : color illustrations ; map ; 20 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index. Introduction -- The gap instinct -- The negativity instinct -- The straight line instinct -- The fear instinct -- The size instinct -- The generalization instinct -- The destiny instinct -- The single perspective instinct -- The blame instinct -- The urgency instinct -- Factfulness in practice -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: How did your country do? -- Notes -- Index. "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. Professor and TED presenter Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical 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." Stress management. Reality. Rosling, Ola, 1975- author. Rönnlund, Anna Rosling, 1975- author. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 5990 5990 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 ATKSNF 2025-02-18 1 ROS 155.9 RA785 .R673 2025-0609 2025-05-09 14:24:21 2025-03-03 2025-02-18 BK