Bill Gates on how humans misunderstand progress
The philanthropist emailed with TIME about the new book Factfulness, written by his late friend and trusted adviser Hans Rosling, the Swedish statistician. Rosling, who grew famous from his TED Talks and for his creative presentations of data, died on Feb. 7, 2017.
You’ve called Factfulness “one of the most important books I’ve ever read.” What makes it so significant? Hans believed the world was making remarkable progress, and he wanted everyone to know about it. Factfulness is his final effort to help people identify areas where things
