The subtitle of this book is: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.
Read on for a link to the Factfulness quiz.
First a couple of confessions, this is not a book I would normally have read, and it is definitely not one I would have picked off a bookstore shelf. I have a few charities that I have on automatic pay, including the Fistula Foundation, a wonderful charity that does good work, and is well managed. I discovered this charity in an opinion piece by the former New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof. I do not remember the name, but an individual donated copies of this book to the Fistula Foundation along with the money to distribute them. Being a regular donor they sent me a copy. After reading the first few pages, I became very interested in the book.
My second confession may confound folks who know me as I am betting Continue reading “Factfulness by Hans Rosling”