Factfulness

The book just shows we've been doing great and how to get a better sense of reality and what's important. I think it's a positive and helpful foundation for putting the current status of humans on this planet into perspective.

on HN, 2019

This is a must-read for anyone who thinks they're engaged and well-informed.

on HN, 2018

For something much more recent, that changed my view of the contemporary world, I recommend "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling. It's about understanding "poor" countries in their variety and in a less stereotyped way, but especially about understanding that living conditions across the world, essentially without exception, have massively improved over the last century.

on HN, 2022

Factfulness by Hans Rosling - amazing book, as recommended by Bill Gates, and I see why. Very timely and important given the current social climate. A must read for literally everyone.

on HN, 2018

Factfulness goes into detail about what those biases are and how they lead to a distorted world view. Rather than taking the easy way out by blaming journalists/politicians/rich people, he turns the focus onto us and our biases and speaks about how to look at the world in an objective fact based manner.

on HN, 2019

And with that in mind, "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling is a __MUST__ imo.

on HN, 2020

Factfulness - how we can misinterpret the data and how most of us have a wrong idea about the state of the world

on HN, 2018

For the past year or so, I've been trying hard to understand why people act the way they do, when those actions and beliefs are often irrational. This book brought so much of that together.

on HN, 2019