Read Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — And Things Are Better Than You Think

Things were not better when we were kids. Not by a long shot. As one of my heroes once said: “There never was a greater time in the history of the world to live upon the earth than this. How grateful every one of us ought to feel for being alive in this wonderful time with all the marvelous blessings we have.” This is true.

We read Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think for the Manly Book Club last month. I cannot recommend it more. It’s one of those books that, like law school, teaches you more about how to think than what to think (though there is a lot of data and “what to think” that Hans Rosling mixes in, as well). Full of interesting ideas, anecdotes, and optimism, as well as lots and lots of charts and infographics, I found Factfulness a fascinating, thought-provoking, and humbling book to read. I didn’t agree with everything in it, but it taught me much and made me feel more humble.