I wanted to recommend a book I read recently. Written by a doctor who worked with the UN for decades,author Hans Rosling is objective (he is not politically motivated in the least... he is in fact Swedish) in describing how we are influenced to improper opinions and beliefs, based on the way information is presented.

Dr Rosling starts with a short series of multiple-choice question about things like world health, global populations, and education. He has recorded and compiled the answers given to these surveys around the world to all sorts of groups, and then reviews the reasons why correct answers come out so far below even the "monkey line" (which is his term for the expected results if they were just random guesses... like maybe a team of monkeys would answer)

Because he writes it as a scientist, it is a great book to educate EVERYone as to how we are manipulated daily, and the tools that some leaders use to manipulate.

The name of the book is "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World". Real good read.

Has anyone here already read it, and care to comment?

It doesn't sound like a good book to give as a gift.

I agree with Cat

I'm pretty good at finding books to read that are interesting.

I had originally posted it in the Politics forum because it is more a current affairs book. Non-fiction, but very readable and light.