FACTFULNESS(ファクトフルネス) 10の思い込みを乗り越え、データを基に世界を正しく見る習慣

I’ll admit: I rolled my eyes when I saw *another* book promising to ‘fix my worldview.’ But *Factfulness* hooked me in the first 20 minutes—not with hype, but with a quiz where I, a self-proclaimed news junkie, scored worse than chimpanzees on global trends. That humiliation was the point. Rosling’s narration (via Ōoka’s spot-on imitation of his rhythmic, almost musical cadence) makes you *feel* the gaps in your knowledge. The dual-cast approach is brilliant: Mizuhara’s segments, often handling the personal stories or exercises, add a conversational warmth that prevents the data dumps from feeling sterile. The production quality is flawless—no awkward edits, no jarring volume shifts—just a seamless blend of lecture and storytelling. That said, the audiobook isn’t perfect. The pacing drags slightly in the middle during the deeper dives into, say, the ‘size instinct’ (yes, we get it, proportions matter). And while the exercises are engaging on paper, they sometimes feel clunky in audio—imagine being asked to pause and sketch a graph while jogging. Still, Rosling’s humor shines through, like when he mocks his own ‘overdramatic’ graphs or compares media fearmongering to a ‘disaster porn’ addiction. The final chapter, narrated with quiet urgency, lands like a gut punch: this isn’t about being right; it’s about being *less wrong*. If you’ve ever forwarded a doomscrolling article with a sigh, this book will make you question why you trusted that impulse in the first place.