![]() Simply put, we don’t focus on the good because our brains are drawn to the bad. When I sat down with Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, one of Bill Gates’s favorite authors, we talked about the negativity bias. It’s still a big number, but the progress is unlike anything the world has ever seen. Today, about 9 percent of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. About fifty years ago, half the world lived in extreme poverty. One of the most remarkable statistics that Rosling offers is about global poverty. ![]() Life expectancy was about 30 years everywhere in the world. ![]() For example, he writes that two hundred years ago, almost everyone on Earth faced disease, malnutrition, starvation, and early death. Rosling puts data into context that’s easy to understand. This is the book that Gates says is ‘pretty fundamental.’ In 2018, he offered a free digital download to anyone who graduated from college. Here is a short list of books that will get you started. Bill Gates has already read most of them. In recent years, a growing category of books written by ‘New Optimists’ of scholars, thinkers and leaders combine history, economics and science to broaden our perspective of world events. Younger, aspiring leaders don’t have to wait until they turn into elder statespeople to gain perspective. “Those who think the past is better have not read enough history.” But really, if you're a student of history, when else would you rather be alive? Now is the best time,” Elon Musk said recently. ![]() “A lot of times people are quite negative about the present. Great leaders are also students of history, which gives them the fuel to pursue innovation. ![]()
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