Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

A tour of statistical evidence deployed to negate the logical fallacies that dominate our discourse on the world and direction of human history. Rosling emphatically rejects being labelled an optimist: he is not out to convince you that the world is all right and good. Rather, his interest is in demonstrating the invisibility and value of slow, incremental progress, and clarifying for his audience that incredible things are possible -- not because we wish for them to be, but because we have already accomplished them in the past. It has proven a balm against despair and panic, and a boon for intelligently tackling the issues we face in the world.