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p. 132 –136 In yet another size instinct example there’s room for pause on a different issue, perception. On pages 132-133 the author talks about two murders, one barely getting a mention in the media

p. 128 –132 In these pages, Hans Rosling talks about the size instinct. First, here’s some practical advice: “So if you are investing money to improve health on Level 1 or 2, you should put it into primary

p. 123 –128 At the beginning of the fifth chapter, Hans Rosling tells a story from his time as a doctor in Mozambique. By telling that story he illustrates how a person should change their thinking when

p. 118 –123 The final few pages on the topic of the fear instinct focus on terrorism. First, terrorism is an exception to the global trends discussed earlier in the book, which means it has gone up over

p. 114 – 118 Hans Rosling offers even more convincing examples about how the fear instinct has helped humans to progress. Under the ‘Contamination’ header there’s the example about how the environmental

p. 112 – 114 Continuing on the issue of the fear instinct the author goes on informing us on various topics, highlighting how the fear instinct in humans has positively influenced progress and how it’s

p. 105-111 The author talks about the fear instinct using examples. What do people fear? Getting hurt, losing their freedom or getting infected. All these fears help people living on Level 1 survive. In

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p. 101-105 In the intro of the fourth chapter, the author shares an interesting and funny personal story. The story is also a good way to introduce us to the idea of the fear instinct. As a personal side

p. 92-100 This chunk of information ends the chapter on the straight line instinct. The author covers all types of curves a trend might follow. The instinct is to assume a straight line just like most

p. 89-92 There’s some more interesting stuff on population growth in the next few pages from where the Week 14 post left off, but I’ll mention the most important takeaway because it’s worth it even if

p. 75-88 The topic of these pages is population growth. There's a nice explanation about the topic if you have no idea what’s expected to happen in the coming 80 years or so. There’s so much information

p. 72-74 On pages 72 and 73 the author talks about his personal experience and how his family and society helped him. It’s interesting reading about this, but I imagine an American’s thoughts when reading

p. 70-72 In how to control the negativity instinct, which is covered in these pages, the author provides a helpful solution to all those ‘buts’ in the previous posts. The main point is that perhaps it’s