An important book in a world that is filled with "fake news" and conspiracy theories. Rosling starts by asking 13 questions about the current situation and how things developed in the last year. Most people get the answers wrong, usually only 2 of 13 answers are correct. So even chimpanzees that pick random answers would have a better result than the "informed" human.

Rosling states that there is no justification for separating the world in "us" and "them" or "west" and "rest". He describes why bad news usually get much more attention than good news. And he explains that how things develop and evolve are not usually straight lines, so it is not so easy so extrapolate the future.

He writes about our basic instincts and how they inhibit us from having an objective view to the world. But there is hope. Even slow change means change. And we learn that it is not good to blame others.

The most interesting part of the book is his warning about climate crisis and a global pandemic. Rosling died in 2017 and now we face exactly what he was warning us about.

A clear "must read" for everyone that tries to understand the world.