{"product_id":"factfulness-ten-reasons-were-wrong-about-the-world-and-why-things-are-better-than-you-think","title":"Hans Rosling: Factfulness [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*#1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller * \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e 'best brainy book of the decade' * \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller * \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller * audiobook bestseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFactfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates and investment bankers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. 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.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, \u003ci\u003eFactfulness\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosling, Hans \u0026 Rosling, Ola \u0026 Roennlund, Anna Rosling","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44577549877538,"sku":"9781473637467","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51486069621075,"sku":"XG81473637467","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47479547429203,"sku":"XV81473637467","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/rosling-hans-rosling-ola-roennlund-anna-rosling-hans-rosling-factfulness-2018-hardback-59445733556563.jpg?v=1753705037","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/factfulness-ten-reasons-were-wrong-about-the-world-and-why-things-are-better-than-you-think","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}