You are here

September Book Club - Factfulnes by Hans Rosling et al.

Factfulness book coverFactfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund.

Factfulness, The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

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 chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

Factfulness offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. It reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective―from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us versus 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 a new thinking habit that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to challanges and opportunities of the future.

This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance. Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope this book will be. Hans Rosling, February 2017.

September 26th, 2018 7:00 PM   through   10:00 PM
2000 Malvern Rd
Upper Arlington, OH 43221
UNITED STATES

Help spread the word

Please help us and let your friends, colleagues and followers know about our page: September Book Club - Factfulnes by Hans Rosling et al.


You can also share the below link in an email or on your website.
https://uaprogressiveaction.com/civicrm/event/info?id=241&reset=1

Theme by Danetsoft and Danang Probo Sayekti inspired by Maksimer