Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog
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Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog
Andy Coravos: When people ask what you do, they really seem to be asking who you are, putting the attention on people’s credentials within institutions (the nouns) rather than on their actions and contributions (how they live, work, and cultivate knowledge in their fields). Expertise is equated with the former, when it should be more about the latt... See more
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Every group of people I ask thinks the world is more frightening, more violent, and more hopeless—in short, more dramatic—than it really is
Hans Rosling • Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Instead, he must do battle with entrenched attitudes, outdated policies, and a culture that isn’t really sure where it’s going. Even worse, his victories may not be celebrated. On the contrary, he may well be attacked by the very people that he is trying to save.