Hans Rosling Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Data must be used to tell the truth, not to call to action, no matter how noble the intentions. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

2. Factfulness, like a healthy diet and regular exercise, can and should become part of your daily life. Start to practice it, and you will be able to replace your overdramatic worldview with a worldview based on facts. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

3. Free access to data doesn’t turn into knowledge without effort Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

4. Great knowledge can interfere with an expert’s ability to see what actually works. All these solutions are great for solving some problem, but none of them will solve all problems. It is better to look at the world in lots of different ways. Factfulness / Origin Story / Everything Happens for a Reason

5. The concept of climate refugees is mostly a deliberate exaggeration, designed to turn fear of refugees into fear of climate change, and so build a much wider base of public support for lowering CO2 emissions. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

6. The misconception that the world is getting worse is very difficult to maintain when we put the present in its historical context. We shouldn't diminish the tragedies of the droughts and famines happening right now. But knowledge of the tragedies of the past should help everyone realize how the world has become both much more transparent and much better at getting help to where it's needed. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

7. The numbers will never tell the full story of what life on Earth is all about. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

8. Update your knowledge. Some knowledge goes out of date quickly. Technology, countries, societies, cultures, and religions are constantly changing. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

9. We have many instincts that used to be useful thousands of years ago, but we live in a very different world now. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

10. We humans have always struggled hard to make our families survive, and finally we are succeeding. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think