The world is not as dramatic as it seems | 5 lessons from Factfulness by Hans Rosling

Here I want to share 5 very important lessons for everyone who works with or makes decisions based on data.
The quotes are taken from the book "Factfulness: Reasons We're Wrong About the World, and Why Things Are Better Than You Think"
Book by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling.

Some TED talks by Hans Rosling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5xF-UYgdg&t=2s

Also, check out their initiative to educate the world about the common misconceptions in worldviews.
https://www.gapminder.org/

00:00 The world is not as dramatic as we think it is
02:39 Avoid lonely numbers. Compare and show numbers in perspective
05:58 Numbers alone can't explain the world
07:47 Why do we like to blame individuals instead of systems
09:57 Why do we think of some people as heroes
11:08 A long jumper is not allowed to measure her own jumps
12:27 Only relevant and accurate data is useful

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