Nous nous croyons rationnels et informés. Pourtant, nous nous trompons systématiquement, y compris - peut-être même plus - sur les sujets que nous croyons bien connaître. Mais, comme le révèle Hans Rosling, les raisons pour lesquelles nous nous trompons sont toujours les mêmes ! C'est le fonctionnement même de notre cerveau qui nous induit en erreur : en nous incitant à chercher un coupable à tout phénomène, en résumant les problèmes à une opposition binaire, en se laissant éblouir par les gros chiffres ou en dramatisant à l'excès (et en adorant ça)... Alors que les fake news pullulent, cet essai confirme l'importance de la vérité des faits et des chiffres, et nous aide à traquer les biais de pensée qui déforment notre vision des choses. Indispensable pour comprendre le monde tel qu'il est, Factfulness permet d'adopter, enfin, la saine habitude de ne fonder son opinion que sur des faits.
'a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases'. BARACK OBAMA *the #1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * an Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' * #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller * Irish Times bestseller * Audio bestseller * Guardian bestseller * ---Longlisted for the 2018 Financial Times /McKinsey Business Book of the Year--- 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES 'Hans Rosling tells the story of "the secret silent miracle of human progress" as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.' MELINDA GATES Factfulnes s: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness , Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.
Hans Rosling was a medical doctor, professor of international health and renowned public educator. He was an adviser to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and co-founded Medecins sans Frontieres in Sweden and the Gapminder Foundation. His TED talks have been viewed more than 35 million times, and he was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Hans died in 2017, having devoted the last years of his life to writing Factfulness .
'a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases'. BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES 'Hans Rosling tells the story of "the secret silent miracle of human progress" as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.' MELINDA GATES Factfulnes s: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness , Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.
Nous nous croyons rationnels et informés. Ce n'est pas le cas. Nous nous trompons systématiquement, quel que soit notre niveau d'études, y compris - peut-être même plus - sur les sujets que nous croyons bien connaître.Mais, comme le met au jour Hans Rosling, statisticien de génie et star des conférences TED, les raisons pour lesquelles nous nous trompons sont toujours les mêmes ! Hérité d'un ancestral instinct de survie, c'est le fonctionnement même de notre cerveau qui nous induit en erreur : - En nous incitant à chercher un coupable à tout phénomène- En résumant la plupart des problèmes en une stérile opposition binaire- En nous intimant de réagir dans l'urgence(confondant ainsi peur et danger)- En étant facilement ébloui par les gros chiffres- En dramatisant à l'excès (et en adorant ça)...Ce livre nous apprend à repérer les situations où nos biais de pensée déforment notre vision des choses. Indispensable pour comprendre le monde tel qu'il est, Factfulness permet de prendre, enfin, la saine habitude de ne fonder son opinion que sur des faits.
