![]() ![]() He said this blueprint for how to think “factfully” is especially relevant for college graduates, but that “everyone should read it. ![]() “I hope you take Hans’s advice to heart,” Gates wrote in a blog post announcing the gift. If every graduate were to download the book and Gates were covering the full retail price, it would put the value of his gift at nearly $55 million. Graduates can access it here.Īs many as 3.6 million such college degrees will be awarded this year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The book can be downloaded for free by anyone receiving an associate’s, bachelor’s, or post-graduate degree in the U.S. ![]() The divisions between people are based on instincts and assumptions - which can be done away with if we face them head on. Progress is being made but overlooked, it says. Gates is strong on why it will be so hard to get to zero emissions not least the inertia in the energy industry which he identifies and explaining how much more there is to do beyond. The optimistic book, which Amazon lists for online download at $14.99, rejects doom-and-gloom descriptions of the status quo. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has called it “one of the most important books I’ve ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” The international best-selling phenomenon loved by BARACK OBAMA and BILL GATES is now available in a gift edition with the illustrations in color throughout. ![]() The volume is Hans Rosling’s Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Bill Gates is giving one of his favorite books to every 2018 college graduate in the United States. ![]()
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