HSR TecBEC: Factfulness
Questions and answers to the book "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling.
Questions and answers to the book "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling.
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 29.06.2020 / 22.08.2020 |
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What was Roslings difficult task when in Mozambique in the early 1980's? (p. 125)
Doctor for a population of 300'000 in the Nacala district.
Comparing the number of deaths among children admitted to the hospital with the number of children dying in their homes.
How can we control the size instinct? (p. 130)
Comparing and dividing.
How significant was the Vietnam War to those who now live in Vietnam? (p. 132)
Relatively insignificant.
What examples does Rosling give of how the media tends to get things out of proportion? (p. 133-134)
Husband killing wife gets no media coverage in comparison to man killed by bear.
31 people died as a result of swine flu, 63k died of tuberculosis.
What does Rosling mean by the PIN code of the world and what is it? (p. 137)
1-1-1-4
(Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia)
What is the most meaningful way of measuring anything from mobile phone sales to CO2 emissions? (p. 141)
Per capita measurement.
What group of people are living the safest lives in history annd why are they still worried? (p. 141)
People on level 4, because of their media.
What does the author mean by a lonely number? (p. 142)
What should the number be compared to. Get things in proportion!
What lie did Rosling come up with about the Danes when invited by locals to a feast? (p. 146)
Rosling said that the Danes ear larvas, while the Swedes do not eat them in order to explain to the locas why he couldn't eat them.
What is one way of overcoming the generalization instinct? (p. 150)
Travel!
How is not painting the walls a strategic decision made by hospital administration in countries on level 2 or 3? (p. 151)
It keeps richer patients away who have time-consuming demands for expensice treatments.
When did Rosling realise the West would no longer dominate the world for much longer? (p. 153)
1972 in Bangalore.
He noted that the 4th year medicine students in India knew a lot more than Swedish students in medicine.
What does Dollar Street show? (p. 155-158)
It shows the living conditions of various levels of income based on basic daily items such as toothbrushes, toilets, sofas, roofs.
What critical advice does Rosling give about 'categories'? (p. 158-164)
- Look for differences within groups and similarities accross groups.
- Question the term 'majority' (51% to 99%)
- Beware of exceptional examples
- assume you are not 'normal'
What does the story about the Salhi family with their half-built house in Tunisia tell us? (p. 162)
Assume others are smart.
The Salhis are building their house over a long period, constantly investing in material as they can afford only a part at a time.
What was the sweeping generalisation about babies' sleeping position in the 70's in Sweden?
What mistake did Rosling make in a supermarket in 1974 as a result of this generalisation? (p.162)
Babies shouldn't lie on their backs like soldiers as they could suffocate on their own vomit.
He turned the baby onto his tummy.
How does the author summarise factfulness at the end of chapter 6? (p. 165)
Recognising when a category is being used in an explanation and recognising that categories can be misleading.
What example of the destiny instinct does the author begin chapter 7 with? (p. 166-167)
A man claiming that Nigerian culture will never let them make their society modern.
Example of a static view at an investors' converence in Edinburgh.
What does he compare cultures, nations and religions to? (p. 170)
Rocks. But while rocks do not move, countries, nations, religions and people are in constant tranformation.
What does Rosling claim about Africa? (p. 171-172)
He claims that Africa has made huge progress over the last 60 years, reducing child mortality fast.
What country did Rosling use as an example to show fast change in middle-income countries in the 1990's? (p. 174)
Iran which has had fast improvements in health, education and stopping population growth.
What is more telling about the number of babies a woman has: income or religion? (p. 175)
Income.
What is often expected of women in Asian cultures? (p. 177)
To look after in-laws and children.
What does Rosling claim about patriarchal values? (p. 179)
Macho values are disappearing also in Asian and African countries with social and economic progress.
What does Rosling suggest doing to realise that things are in fact changing within cultures? (p. 180/181)
Tals to grandpa, update data and knowledge.
What was Rosling's vision for Africe in 2063?
What was the chairwoman of the African Union's response? (p. 182)
According to Rosling, Africa would have escaped extreme poverty.
But according to her, this was no vision for Africa. Her vision was that Africans would be equal to Europeans.
His grandchildren would visit Africa and travel on high speed trains here. But she wanted her grandchildren to be tourists in Europe and not unwanted refugees.
Why do people tend to focus on a single perpective when it comes to understanding the world? (p. 187)
Political and professional ideology (free market, equality, etc.)
How do experts score at Rosling's world knowlege quizzes? (p. 188)
Just as bad as normal people because they are only experts in one field.
What do activists have the tendency to do (whether knowingly or not)? (p. 189)
Exaggregate and have a singular perspective.
How can we get a better understanding of the world? (p. 192)
We need statistics and numbers, but not numbers alone - observing.
Who described their country as the healthiest of the poor?
Did Rosling agree? (p. 196)
Cuba's Minister of Health.
Rosling thought that Cuba's ideology held it back from making economic progress.
What is the problem with the healthcare system in the USA? (p. 199)
- Absence of basic public health insurance
- rich insured patients going to doctors too often, running up costs
- poor patients cannot afford inexpensive treatments and are dying younger that they should
What does Rosling criticise about the two countries (Cuba & USA)? (p. 200)
Both are cought in a single-perspective mind-set.
What does Rosling believe is the best was to run a country? (p. 201)
Liberal democracy although evidence does not support this stance as many countries have made enormous progress without being democracies.
What analogy does Rosling refer to in order to control the single perspective instinct? (p. 202)
Hammer and nail, toolbox (no one tool is good enough for everything, be open to ideas from others fields).
