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Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think / Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund.

By: Rosling, Hans [author.].
Contributor(s): Rosling, Ola, 1975- [author.] | Rönnlund, Anna Rosling, 1975- [author.].
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250107817 (hardcover).Subject(s): Stress management | RealityGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction -- The gap instinct -- The negativity instinct -- The straight line instinct -- The fear instinct -- The size instinct -- The generalization instinct -- The destiny instinct -- The single perspective instinct -- The blame instinct -- The urgency instinct -- Factfulness in practice -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: How did your country do? -- Notes -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.

Introduction -- The gap instinct -- The negativity instinct -- The straight line instinct -- The fear instinct -- The size instinct -- The generalization instinct -- The destiny instinct -- The single perspective instinct -- The blame instinct -- The urgency instinct -- Factfulness in practice -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: How did your country do? -- Notes -- Index.

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