Factfulness

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund. When asked simple questions about global trends - how many girls finish school, why the population is increasing, what percentage of people live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong, so wrong that a chimpanzee choosing at random would outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates and investment bankers. Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective on the world and offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and how to overcome it by basing opinions on facts rather than on emotions and preconceived ideas. Praised by Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama. Published by Sceptre (Hodder & Stoughton), paperback, 352 pages.