Do you have an accurate view of the world? Most people don't. Take the 13-question Factfulness quiz from Hans Rosling and Gapminder. Factfulness reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective of the world.
Most of the questions are weird population based ones (extrapolating to 2100 like that is going to be accurate) but this one kills me:
In the last 20 years, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has ... almost halved
Wow weird, I guess the world is just getting better by itself. Let's not investigate where that poverty went, or god forbid exclude the single country with any success in that area. Let's just close our eyes and applaud capitalism for another winner
Most of the questions are weird population based ones (extrapolating to 2100 like that is going to be accurate) but this one kills me:
Wow weird, I guess the world is just getting better by itself. Let's not investigate where that poverty went, or god forbid exclude the single country with any success in that area. Let's just close our eyes and applaud capitalism for another winner