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1. Rushed decisions can be stupid and fatal (lots of people drowned on boats when they tried to avoid the roadblocks) (p. 224-5)

2. It prevents us from thinking analytically and tempts us to take drastic actions. (p. 228)

3. The disagreement was about which strategy to pursue to inform people about climate change. Gore wanted to scare people with worst-case scenarios, while Rosling preferred to inform in a balanced way, offering not just worst-case predictions, but also probable and best-case lines. (p. 230)

4. By measuring it properly and by people on level 4 reducing their greenhouse gas emissions (p. 231)

5. It puts the credibility and reputation of serious climate scientists at risk. (p. 233)

6. By carefully analysing the data and showing that the treatment is working (p. 236)

7. Global pandemic, financial collapse, world war III, climate change, extreme poverty

8. Take a breath, insist on data, beware of fortune-tellers, be wary of drastic action (p. 241) 

1. A mob of angry villagers threatened him of selling their blood (p. 244)

2. A middle-aged woman reminded the villagers that vaccines had saved many lives and that research is important to find out how to cure diseases. (p. 246)

3. In education: Children should learn the basic up-to-date, fact-based framework of life on the four levels and the four regions. They should learn to think critically and stop learning stereotypes (in the media). They should learn to be humble and curious and realise how instincts can blur our understanding. Make them aware that the world keeps changing. (p. 248-9)

4. Using data to understand the globalised markets helps companies recognize growth opportunities in Asia and Africa (p. 252)

5. They should reject a dramatic worldview and set new standards for constructive news based on setting events in historical context. However, as news will always be sensationalist, it is up to us to learn to consume the news more factually. (p. 253)

6. A fact-based world-view is more comfortable. It creates less stress and hopelessness than the dramatic worldview which is negative and terrifying. We realise the world is not as bad as it seems and is getting better. We see what we have to do to keep making it better. (p. 255)

1. To become a sword swallower;

3. A simple set of thinking tools

4. Even this top international audience were getting basic facts about the world wrong.

5. We all have the dramatic worldview which is based on the way our brains work. The human brain is a product of millions of years of evolution, relying on instincts for survival and craving for drama.

6. We make better decisions (we even beat the chimps at suveys!), are aware of real dangers and possibilities, and are no longer stressed about the wrong things (p. 16).

1. Divided in two – them versus us, the west and the rest

2. It is outdated. It belongs to 1965. 75 % live in middle income countries today.

3. Level 1: 1$ a day, 5 children, can’t afford medical care, Level 2: 4 $ day, can buy medicine but this expense would throw you back to Level 1, Level 3: 16 $ a day, work 7 days a week, they have electricity,Level 4: over 64 $ a day

4. 85% of the world population was living in extreme poverty.

5. Comparisons of averages (averages can mislead by hiding a big spread, comparisons of averages tend to hide the overlaps), extremes (can disguise that most people are in the middle) and the view from up there (people on level 1 tend to overlook the big differences between levels 1, 2 and 3 as they all look ‘poor’ from the perspective of level 1)

6. Recognise the gap, look for majority, beware of comparisons of averages and extremes 

1. Falling into a sewage ditch and being saved by his grandmother

2. The world is bad and it is getting worse

3. 29 % in 1997, today it is 9%. Lots of people have managed to escape misery and suffering.

4. Level 3 (same as Egypt today)