Factfulness:The stress-reducing habit ofonly carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trendswhat percentage of theworlds population live in poverty; why the worlds population is increasing;how many girls finish schoolwe systematically get the answers wrong. Sowrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguessteachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

InFactfulness, Professor of International Health and global TEDphenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Annaand Ola, offersa radical new explanation of why this happens. Theyrevealthe ten instincts that distort our perspectivefrom ourtendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version ofusandthem)to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress(believing