#6 in Popular science
Factfulness
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 14 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“Factfulness” shows readers how outdated their picture of the world is, then hands them practical tools for correcting it. Rosling, writing with his son and daughter-in-law, starts from simple questions most people get wrong and explains why we err on the gloomy side. The tone is hopeful, and the habits of mind it teaches carry easily into everyday life.
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About the book
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think is a 2018 book by Swedish physician, professor of international health at Karolinska Institute and statistician Hans Rosling with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund. The book was published posthumously a year after Hans Rosling died from pancreatic cancer. In the book, Rosling suggests that the vast majority of people are wrong about the state of the world. He demonstrates that his test subjects believe the world is poorer, less healthy, and more dangerous than it actually is, attributing this not to random chance but to misinformation.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 623 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 81% of the weight and the score stays at 8.6 — the Popular science average of 8.3 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 78 | 13% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 6 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 539 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is Factfulness?
It has 352 pages — longer than 54% of the ranked books in Popular science.
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