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To overcome our most evil instincts, one of the most useful ways is to gather the correct data and understand it in its circumstances. The size of a number may mislead you to think that the world is awful when you see news about the death of 4 million babies in the past year. If you compare it with the number in 1950, you can see that it was 14.4 million, and get a better insight of today. On the perfect planet, babies would not die - however, we need to understand the situation of the disaster to sense the advancement. Decreasing annual baby mortality by more than 10 million in approximately 70 years is an excellent advancement, and it is necessary to be acknowledged. Besides, stopping unsupportive generalizations is necessary. Although some generalizations such as Japanese cuisine being dissimilar from English cuisine are correct, lots of them, specifically those related to race and gender, prevent our clear view of the world. The next question: What is the percentage of children at age of one that inoculated against an illness worldwide? The choices are 20, 50, or 80 percent. You guessed it correctly, almost all one- year- old children worldwide (80 percent) have a reach to fundamental health care. This fact is overwhelmingly impressive when we think about lots of people who did not believe that this could be possible just several ages ago. A common generalization also challenged with this fact is that people in some countries like the Middle East and Africa cannot have the necessary conditions for having these vaccines for kids and will always live in misery. Instead of focusing on the clans, traditions, or faiths of the people, considering income levels would enable a brighter view of the world. This is useful because a country with whatever faith or tradition that has fled from the lowest income level is close to the advancements in many things including schooling, medicine, and simple groundwork. Chapter 5 - For a clear worldview, humans should look at situations from different windows rather than accusing others. Traveling and observing by oneself is an excellent way to overcome overgeneralizations. This also benefits in viewing the world more clearly since it helps you to see the world from different windows, which opens up your mind and changes your thoughts. If now we travel to Afghanistan - a country that still tries to get rid of excessive poorness and the lowest income level - we can observe teenagers getting ready for contemporary living. In a similar vein, if we would go to South Korea in 1970, we would observe a country turning from a base- income country into a middle- income country that had a military autocracy, which defies our misconception that only pure democratic countries can achieve a wealthy financial state. In reality, nine out of ten rapidly improving countries in terms of wealth in 2016, were not ruled by pure democracy. We should not think that only pure democratic countries can achieve wealth; there is evidence for other possibilities as well. The truth is that our planet is very complex, so it is wise to learn to look at it from as many windows as we can. This is the reason why representing a clan or a person as the origin of an issue, as often done, is completely myopic. Pharmaceutical companies do not choose to discover remedies for the poorest countries that have unique problems such as malaria and sleeping sickness. Who is responsible for this? The CEO? Is it not the job of the CEO to apply the rules of the Board of Directors? The Board of Directors? Do they not just do whatever the shareholders of the pharmaceutical company desire? Now, think about the refugee crisis. When the slipshod boats that are done by Europeans break the pieces and cause corpses to fill up the shores, the accusation was on the smugglers. When we research the root cause, we can observe the primary reason for refugees to be put on worn-out boats. The European law states that refugees coming without a visa should be acknowledged as a valid refugee by the personnel of the vehicle (ship, train, bus, plane, etc.) they are trying to get on. However, this challenging task is never done. European laws also let the authority to seize the boats for refugees so that smugglers will not want to use a decent boat. Chapter 6 - Do not make hasty judgments and overstatements; adhere to the reality in education, business, and journalism. Our urgency instinct is the last concerning instinct that makes us reach hasty conclusions that bring errors or evil. The most crucial problems, for example not trying to find medical solutions for poor countries or giving refugees shabby boats, are complicated problems and all potential consequences should be thought of very well. We can understand that a problem never has a certain, straight remedy. Thinking of all potential consequences before judging something is crucial. Always seeing the world based on the truth is important, although even people with the biggest heart consider that overstatements are beneficial. Climate change is certainly a significant problem however, people are willing to disseminate what can be in the worst outcome and do not talk about the best case or a more likely outcome. They think that, only when people are afraid of something, they will work for change. However, they forget that overstatement may lead to a feeling of cheating in the future, and a loss of reliability of the action for the changing climate, which should have been invaluable. The reality and truth need always be respected in any field like education, business, and journalism. The people who teach to others need to be sure that they are disseminating the most recent knowledge. Much of resuming “the West and the others” thought of us is caused by rotten and ancient views. Companies and capitalists may also use the correct view of the world for their benefit. The reality that Africa is improving in terms of business shows them the opportunity to make money. They can both support the growth of the area, and be the first to seize opportunities. Although we can expect journalists to show what exactly happens on our planet while consuming news, we should not trust all of what is reported; after all, journalists are just humans with the same instincts and misconceptions we have. What is essential in getting a bright worldview is to view everything through different windows. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Book Review Factfulness is rare today because of several simple but large misconceptions and the reality that our instincts as mankind can occasionally operate in contrast to our wants. Although lots of people believe that the planet is becoming a more distorted place, in reality, the world has advanced a lot in a considerably fast way. In all the quantifiable measures, the planet has advanced when compared to the times in two centuries, a century, and even five decades ago. People can expect to live more, schooling and health services can be reached more, and prosperity increased. News channels do not tell these, to see these seeing them further, using data, and evaluating them in their situation are necessary. Educate your children in a great way. Teaching the past of our planet, including the negative parts, is essential if you want your kids to regard factfulness. They should also learn recognition of unnecessary generalizations and having two opposite thoughts at the same time, like, as there are negatives, there are also things that are becoming more positive. In addition to these, the way to approach the news, how to understand if the news is extremely exaggerated, and how to keep calm and hopeful should be taught to kids.