Factfulness (short review)
I’ve just finished Factfulness. In short, it was excellent, informative and thought provoking.
It made me question assumptions and seek the fact based truth more. In future I’ll be trying to reject the gut instinct and wait for proof. The world seems to be moving away from the rationality of actually basing things on reality (“post-truth” and “anti-expert” stylings). I think this book proves why we shouldn’t descend into that madness of trusting our prejudices rather than the facts.
I’m pretty much thinking this book should be mandatory reading for everyone. Something I like that is related and gives a regular dose of optimism is Beautiful News, I’d recommend checking it out (and subscribing to it). I view it as a way to develop better assumptions about the world.