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Factfulness is … recognizing when a story talks about a gap, and remembering that this paints a picture of two separate groups, with a gap in between. The reality is often not polarized at all. Usually the majority is right there in the middle, where the gap is supposed to be. To control the gap instinct, look for the majority.
Do we Westerners love free speech so much that it makes us blind to any progress in a country whose regime does not share our love?
The five that concern me most are the risks of global pandemic, financial collapse, world war, climate change, and extreme poverty.
It is quite relaxing being humble, because it means you can stop feeling pressured to have a view about everything, and stop feeling you must be ready to defend your views all the time.
不同民族之间相互作用的历史，就是通过征服、流行病和灭绝种族的大屠杀来形成现代世界的。这些冲突产生了回响，而这些回响在经过许多世纪后仍然没有消失，并且在今天世界上的某些最混乱的地区仍在活跃地继续。
贾雷德·戴蒙德. 枪炮、病菌和钢铁
日本的大陆政策已经确定了，那些以为同日本妥协，再牺牲一些中国的领土主权就能够停止日本进攻的人们，他们的想法只是一种幻想。我们确切地知道，就是扬子江下游和南方各港口，都已经包括在日本帝国主义的大陆政策之内。并且日本还想占领菲律宾、暹罗、越南、马来半岛和荷属东印度，把外国和中国切开，独占西南太平洋。这又是日本的海洋政策。在这样的时期，中国无疑地要处于极端困难的地位。可是大多数中国人相信，这种困难是能够克服的；只有各大商埠的富人是失败论者，因为他们害怕损失财产。
