THE late Hans Rosling is best known for his Ted talks (here is one on the wonders of the washing machine). Sadly he died last year but before he did so, he worked with his son and daughter-in-law to write «Factfulness: Ten Reasons Why We’re Wrong About the World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think.» It is a wonderful book, full of humour and humility, and it paints an optimistic picture of progress.
Take his 13 question test and you will probably be surprised. For example, has the proportion of people in the world living in extreme poverty over the last 20 years almost doubled, stayed the same, or almost halved? Over the last 100 years, has the number of deaths per year from natural disasters more than doubled, stayed the same or more than halved? In both cases, the answer is the most optimistic one; the latter statistic is particularly remarkable given the increase in the size of the population over the last century.
Perhaps because the…Continue reading
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FOUR years ago, Cho Hyun-ah, an executive at Korean Air made headlines around the world when she threw a fit because she was served macadamia nuts in their packaging rather than on a serving dish in first class on the airline. She reportedly insulted the cabin crew, threw documents at them, and forced them to kneel and beg forgiveness. At the time, she was a company vice president, and she made the plane return to its gate in order to remove the offending flight attendant. After spending several months in prison for breaking aviation-safety laws, Cho Hyun-Ah was able to return to her father’s conglomerate, this time managing hotels rather than Korean Air. But a new scandal may have finally accomplished what “nut rage” could not.
This month, police opened an investigation into Hyun-ah’s younger sister, Hyun-min, a marketing executive at Korean Air….Continue reading
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