
Listed by Time magazine as one of the one hundred most influential people in the world, Rosling was an adviser to UNICEF and WHO, and a co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières in Sweden and the Gapminder Foundation. Hans Rosling was a Swedish medical doctor, professor of international health, academic, statistician, and renowned public educator. “The world would be a better place if literally millions of people read the book,” wrote Bill Gates.


Not only because, by his own admission, this has saved his life but also, because it could help everybody act a little more reasonable and more in tune with what reality actually is. Hans Rosling devoted most of his life to teaching people how to see the world more accurately. Well, it’s time you stopped being a pessimist and become “a very serious possibilist.”įactfulness. Terrorist attacks, climate change, pollution, children dying of preventable diseases… 9 min read ⌚ Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
