

Ola Rosling
Co-founder and director of Gapminder who focuses on measuring public ignorance and promoting fact-based worldviews; in this episode he explains the causes of ignorance and offers practical rules of thumb to reduce it.
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Sep 23, 2024 • 21min
Factfulness - Book Summary
Join Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund as they debunk common misconceptions about global progress. Hans, a renowned author and statistician, shares insights on how sensationalism skews our understanding. The trio emphasizes the decline in poverty and increased life expectancy, urging a fact-based perspective on our world. Discover how shifting your mindset can help reevaluate what progress truly looks like, making the world appear better than we often think.

Apr 20, 2019 • 32min
Factfulness
Hans Rosling, a physician and statistician known for his insights into global health, joins Ola and Ana Rosling, both advocates for data-driven understanding, to debunk misconceptions about our world. They discuss how cognitive biases shape our view of progress, revealing improvements in child mortality and poverty. The trio emphasizes that despite media negativity, many global conditions are actually improving. They highlight the urgency instinct's pitfalls and stress the need for informed action on critical issues like climate change and pandemics.

Sep 11, 2014 • 19min
How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling
Hans Rosling, a renowned Swedish physician and global development expert, alongside Ola Rosling, co-founder of Gapminder, takes listeners on an enlightening journey through common misconceptions about global progress. They engage the audience with a quiz revealing surprising truths, such as the dramatic decrease in deaths from natural disasters and the significant rise in global female schooling. Ola discusses the roots of public ignorance and shares effective rules to cultivate a fact-based worldview, empowering listeners to better understand the world.


