A review by khornstein1
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

5.0

Younger people probably won't like this book and the way it points out that the world is getting better in many ways. I could spend hours on the Dollar Street website he mentions: https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street (photos as data to kill country stereotypes.) Progress is often slow and boring, but it's happening on many international development fronts. I've been aware of this for years and I'm surprised by how many highly educated people are unaware of the reduction in infant mortality and violent conflict and the increases in girls' education. Note: written pre-COVID and he mentions "the flu" and its variants as one of the biggest threats to humankind.