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#Umfrage vs. #Realität. ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nehmen die Straftaten zu (in den USA) oder ab? #Umfrage vs. #Realität. #Statistics #Statistiken #Gewalt #factfulness (Quelle: Factfullnes von Hans Rosling)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@achimmertens/iljzpmcm38n2bs3oi6m61a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@achimmertens/iljzpmcm38n2bs3oi6m61a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[achimmertens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiPXAMdj9UuE6SsjvQJDHj5VpTTCMCr1KprpnH4cX644BFeBAZNz63p3w6FC8P8gLUMAgqoYuFMSoSv5PKDQP9pc3QXMDnhBXTa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 24]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-24</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:27:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 23]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-23</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 17:57:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 22]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-22</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:00:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 21]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-21</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 20]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-20</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:02:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 19]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-19</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:31:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 18]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-18</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:18:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 17]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-17</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:45:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 16]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-16</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:09:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 15]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-15</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 20:09:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 14]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-14</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:50:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 13]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-13</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:20:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 12]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-12</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:18:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Factfulness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just finished Factfulness, which I heartily recommend. Not only is it full of important facts about human progress, it is full of excellent discussions of our biases and the heuristics that lead us to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/factfulness/@honeybee/factfulness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/factfulness/@honeybee/factfulness</guid><category><![CDATA[factfulness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 03:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQHgfYhnL7szc8KX4mniBD4TZdtfwd5JBvhoRxYY7DtDdMKRYBeGktmb5dnf12RTbadc64tfc4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[p. 65 – 70 Here the author talks about the negativity instinct. He argues that people usually misremember the past. They tend to think things were better when they were children than now when in fact,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-11</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[p. 59-64 To further indicate that the world is doing so much better than we think it is the author provides us with some charts on 32 improvements. I’ll offer short comments on a selected few playing devil’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-10</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 21:29:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spur of the Moment Guide to FACTFULNESS: WEEK 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[p. 53-59 In these pages, the author talks about life expectancy and how much it has improved since the 1800s. There’s a graph on page 55 that got me doing some rudimentary research. The graph shows the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/3spsmg-spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gmoss/3spsmg-spur-of-the-moment-guide-to-factfulness-week-8</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gmoss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:56:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Gifts Graduates His Favorite Book On Positivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graduates for 2018, bill entryways need an extraordinary gift to you. The author of Microsoft proclaimed that he’s gifting american grads who done their associate’s, bachelor’s, alternately postgraduate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/billgates/@heavenly-ideas/bill-gates-gifts-graduates-his-favorite-book-on-positivity-c6904720c3705</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/billgates/@heavenly-ideas/bill-gates-gifts-graduates-his-favorite-book-on-positivity-c6904720c3705</guid><category><![CDATA[billgates]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heavenly-ideas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN11zogwHgSTHcmxSt5Qz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>