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jesslo97 's review for:
4.25/5
I think the most helpful thing I learned from this book is understanding that things can be both "bad and better" at the same time. I needed to hear that. While this book made a powerful argument, and I agree with the vast majority of its points, I kept wondering if blindly accepting these arguments and this data goes against what the Roslings are trying advocate for -- factfulness. I also wonder if this book's data holds true today -- especially with regard to some of the arguments made about climate change. I agree that it's not productive to discuss climate in ways that will ONLY instil fear with doomsday scenarios, but I don't think fear and doomsday should be ruled out as a method completely. I think for some people, the fear factor, is what's getting them involved in the first place. He's also wrong about climate refugees. The other thing that bothered me was that this did not feel like a book written by 3 people, and I guess in a way that's a good thing, but the beginning of the book went all out by saying that this was a joint effort, but the personal anecdotes we got were all from Hans. I think stories from Anna and Ola, even if it was just about running the data, would have been interesting to see here.
Regardless, I did like this book.
I think the most helpful thing I learned from this book is understanding that things can be both "bad and better" at the same time. I needed to hear that. While this book made a powerful argument, and I agree with the vast majority of its points, I kept wondering if blindly accepting these arguments and this data goes against what the Roslings are trying advocate for -- factfulness. I also wonder if this book's data holds true today -- especially with regard to some of the arguments made about climate change. I agree that it's not productive to discuss climate in ways that will ONLY instil fear with doomsday scenarios, but I don't think fear and doomsday should be ruled out as a method completely. I think for some people, the fear factor, is what's getting them involved in the first place. He's also wrong about climate refugees. The other thing that bothered me was that this did not feel like a book written by 3 people, and I guess in a way that's a good thing, but the beginning of the book went all out by saying that this was a joint effort, but the personal anecdotes we got were all from Hans. I think stories from Anna and Ola, even if it was just about running the data, would have been interesting to see here.
Regardless, I did like this book.