Factfulness

The Swedish physician and statistician Hans Rosling spent his life fighting the gap between what people believe about the world and what the data actually show. In this final book, written with his son and daughter-in-law, he identifies ten instincts that distort our thinking, from fear to blame to the urge to divide the world into us and them, and offers simple thinking tools to see clearly. Bill Gates loved it so much he offered a free copy to every U.S. college graduate, calling it one of the most important books he has read.