![]() ![]() Rosling has given his quiz to audiences around the world, and while the precise proportions of correct answers vary, people universally get the answers wrong. How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last hundred years? The questions generally focus on the distribution of healthcare, education, wealth, and population. Rosling begins his book Factfulness with a thirteen-question, multiple-choice quiz to help readers evaluate their understanding of world facts. Title: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Thinkįormats: Paperback, Kindle, Hardcover, Audiobook This led to my interest in reading his book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, which is the subject of this review. While I was initially attracted to his compelling techniques for portraying complex information, I ultimately became much more interested in the message of his presentations. There are ten of his talks on the TED Web site. If you like watching TED talks, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered presentations by the late Hans Rosling. ![]()
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