{"product_id":"factfulness-by-hans-rosling","title":"Factfulness By Hans Rosling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__ratingStats\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__ratingStats\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen asked simple questions about global trends—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ea radical new explanation of why this happens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They reveal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe ten instincts that distort our perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47505576657116,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47505576689884,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/7_7ce6ae41-42e9-4261-9c1c-3cd4133e416e.png?v=1769703071","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/factfulness-by-hans-rosling","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}