Factfulness: ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think
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- 9781473637467
- 155.9042 R6F2
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Nagpur General Stacks | Non-fiction | 155.9042 R6F2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IIMN-001384 |
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155.24 T2A6 Antifragile: things that gain from disorder | 155.8954 S8C8 Culture and psyche: Selected essays | 155.9 S6S4 Situations matter: understanding how context transforms your world | 155.9042 R6F2 Factfulness: ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think | 158 C7F5 Flow: the classic work on how to achieve happiness | 158 G4S8 Stumbling on happiness | 158 G7L2 The laws of human nature |
'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES '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.' MELINDA GATES Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. 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.
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