Factfulness — Quotes

Imported from: Clippings/Rosling-Factfulness.md

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Author: Hans Rosling Source: Goodreads

40 quotes, one page each — split at import because this page carried more quoted words than the wiki publishes on a single page.

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Book page: rosling-factfulness

• “There’s no room for facts when our minds…”
• “People often call me an optimist, because I…”
• “Forming your worldview by relying on the media…”
• “The world cannot be understood without numbers. But…”
• “Remember: things can be bad, and getting better…”
• “Human beings have a strong dramatic instinct toward…”
• “I want people, when they realize they have…”
• “Look for systems, not heroes…”
• “Here’s the paradox: the image of a dangerous…”
• “Look for causes, not villains…”
• “The macho values that are found today in…”
• “Being intelligent—being good with numbers, or being well…”
• “There was a balance. It wasn’t because humans…”
• “Think about the world. War, violence, natural disasters…”
• “When things are getting better we often don’t…”
• “Every group of people I ask thinks the…”
• “The only proven method for curbing population growth…”
• “You should not expect the media to provide…”
• “The goal of higher income is not just…”
• “Never leave a number all by itself. Never…”
• “This is data as you have never known…”
• “Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous…”
• “Cultures, nations, religions, and people are not rocks…”
• “And thanks to increasing press freedom and improving…”
• “The Single Perspective Instinct We find simple ideas…”
• “Last year, 4.2 million babies died. That is…”
• “When someone threatens you with a machete, never…”
• “No,” said a third student. “Novartis is a…”
• “We like to believe that things happen because…”
• “The next generation is like the last runner…”
• “In a devastating of example critical thinking gone…”
• “When abortion is made illegal it doesn’t stop…”
• “That is all there is to the 80/20…”
• “The Gap Instinct The gap instinct is very…”
• “Does saying ‘things are improving’ imply that everything…”
• “Slow change is still change…”
• “Stay open to new data and be prepared…”
• “I remember the words of Ingegerd Rooth, who…”
• “The world seems scarier than it is because…”
• “Factfulness is … recognizing when a scapegoat is…”