Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Factfulness
Hans Rosling ISBN 9783548060415
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Hans Rosling ISBN 9783548060415
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This book by Hans Rosling has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Michael Acton Smith, Sam Corcos. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-01-31 and the most recent from 2023-09-20. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends―what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school―we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
“There's a really good book Factfulness, I don't know if you've heard of that one.”— Sam Corcos
The guest here is Sam Corcos: Co-founder and CEO of Levels (continuous glucose monitoring company); remote-first operator who has worked with the same executive assistant, Lori, for 10 years and now uses four EAs personally. Levels CEO Sam Corcos gives Tim Ferriss a tactical guide to delegation, async work with EAs, and calendar-based time management.
“there's a wonderful book factfulness which talks about the data of how the world is getting better.”— Michael Acton Smith
The guest here is Michael Acton Smith: British entrepreneur, billionaire co-founder of the meditation and sleep app Calm, and earlier founder of Firebox, Mind Candy, Perplex City and Moshi Monsters. Calm founder Michael Acton Smith on serial failures, mental health, and patiently riding the meditation wave to a multi-billion-dollar app.
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