![]() ![]() It’s not just the type of stories being covered in the news that creates this pessimistic illusion, but the abundance of it, Rosling points out. ![]() This knowledge of human nature has meant that media organizations focus on bad news for entertainment purposes, knowing full well it will keep the consumer’s attention longer than a good or average news story. People are more attracted to the most dramatic news stories. Why is it that we so often feel that the world around us is going up in flames, anyways? Rosling believes it has to do with the news: both how we consume it and how media organizations and journalists deliver it. Through simple and easily applied methods, he teaches readers how to keep their focus on the good in life and how to prevent them from being so quick to assume the worst or getting sucked into a downward spiral of negativity-something that happens to even the most positive among us. He’s just as much about attitude, showing his readers the importance of keeping a positive frame of mind. Rosling’s mantra: when you really look at it, things aren’t half as bad as they seem.Īlthough facts are his thing, being a statistician, Hans Rosling, with the assistance of his children and co-authors Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund, is not just about busting those oft-heard and dubious statistics. By stripping the facts down to their bare essentials, Rosling is able to prove the world is a significantly brighter and more hopeful place than we are often led to believe. It reveals the truths behind the numbers about how we all live. ![]()
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