These risks should be approached through baby steps and constant evaluation, not through drastic actions. He goes on to say these risks require global collaboration and global resourcing. These are mega killers that we must avoid, if at all possible, by acting collaboratively and step-by-step.” Why is it these problems that cause me most concern? Because they are quite likely to happen: the first three have already happened and the other two are happening now and because each has the potential to cause mass suffering either directly or indirectly by pausing human progress for many years or decades. “The five that concerned me most are the risks of global pandemic, financial collapse, world war, climate change, and extreme poverty. Rosling says there are five global risks we should worry about. There are additional factors which Rosling does mention in the book, such as developments in health which meant that children were living longer and the introduction of contraceptives. I believe this could have had some impact on the reduction of the number of children. In the Baha'i community, there was a remarkable increase in the literacy and educational levels of women. “Iran” catches my attention because a large number of Baha’is reside there.

The girl said she had never heard anything positive about her home country while living in Sweden.

Fifteen years later that figure was three children for each woman - a remarkable change that happened without significant notice. In 1984, women in Iran had an average of six children each. She explained, in his talk he had mentioned something very positive that had happened in her home country, Iran. He approached and asked her reason for being upset. After a presentation in Sweden, his home country, he noticed a young woman crying. Things that change slowly over time are seldom reported. Most of the news agencies focus on bad things that happen quickly. He goes on to talk about the negativity instinct caused by the flood of bad news in the daily press. He explains that we tend to look at the extremes and overlook the majority of folks or in the middle. He talks about tendencies and instincts beginning with The Gap instinct in chapter one. Rosling then precedes to explain why so many score so poorly. It doesn't say this in the book, but I think this question was added so that people wouldn't feel quite so stupid when they took this test. About 90 percent get this question right. The 13th question concerning climate change was added later. This test has been given to 12,000 people in 14 countries. According to the summary results listed at the end of the book, my score was slightly above-average. I quickly concluded that I really needed to read this book. I then checked the test and was shocked to discover only three correct answers. I quickly read through them and marked the answers. The questions were relatively simple and straightforward.

Factfulness bill gates