Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only holding opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When we are asked simple questions about global trends—such as why the world population is increasing, how many young women go to school, and how many of us live in poverty—we are systematically wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee randomly selecting answers consistently outperforms journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health Hans Rosling, along with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, provides a radically new explanation for why this is the case and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. It turns out that the world, despite all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. However, if we are constantly worried about everything, we miss the opportunity to develop a more accurate view of the world.