Factfulness

Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Factfulness

Do we assume the world is a worse place than it really is? In the late Hans Rosling’s seminal work, he uses data to make the case that most human beings’ assumptions about the state of the world are outdated, or simply wrong. In fact, chimpanzees are more likely to correctly guess the answers to simple questions about global trends than even the most educated humans.

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