Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling

Misconceptions disappear only if there is some equally simple but more relevant way of thinking to replace them.

Actually, everything you need to survive is lethal in high dosage.

some of the most valued and important aspects of human development cannot be measured in numbers at all.

The absurd consequences of focusing fanatically on a single idea, like free markets or equality, instead of on measuring performance and doing what works

Welcome complexity. Combine ideas. Compromise. Solve problems on a case-by-case basis.