{"product_id":"factfulness-illustrated","title":"Factfulness Illustrated","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness:\u003c\/i\u003e The stress-reducing habit of\nonly carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen asked simple questions about global trends—\u003ci\u003ewhat percentage of the\nworld’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing;\nhow many girls finish school\u003c\/i\u003e—we systematically get the answers wrong. So\nwrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess\nteachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn \u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor of International Health and global TED\nphenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna\nand Ola, offers \u003cb\u003ea radical new explanation of why this happens\u003c\/b\u003e. They\nreveal \u003cb\u003ethe ten instincts that distort our perspective\u003c\/b\u003e—from our\ntendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e)\nto the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress\n(believing that most things are getting worse).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOur problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are\ninformed by unconscious and predictable biases.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIt turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better\nstate than we might think.\u003c\/b\u003e That doesn’t mean there aren’t real\nconcerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing\na worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that\nthreaten us most.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nInspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving\nstories, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness \u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent and essential book that\nwill change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises\nand opportunities of the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCo-founder of Gapminder (www.gapminder.org) to promote a\nfact based worldview everyone can understand. Developed Dollar Street\n(www.dollarstreet.org), that can be seen in my TED talk from 2017. Co-writer of\nFactfulness. Have three kids and two cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"66 BOOKS LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44756112212175,"sku":"9781529387155","price":58.58,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_7f6bdbbd-7012-40ec-aae1-e060a63c3e9e.jpg?v=1774948626","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/factfulness-illustrated","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}