{"id":28534,"date":"2022-04-27T21:35:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=28534"},"modified":"2022-04-27T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:35:36","slug":"thats-curious-elisabeth-buehler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/thats-curious-elisabeth-buehler\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThat\u2019s Curious!\u201d Elisabeth Buehler"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The one\u2019s mind is an amazing organ that can collaborate with others to solve the most seemingly unsurmountable challenges. Yet those same brilliant, and incredibly gifted individuals can become fixated on the numbers that substantiate their certainly. [1] Hans Rosling with his daughter-in-law Anna Rosling R\u00f6nnlund and son Ola Rosling joined forces in challenging the world to re-exam its perception of the severity of the global issues of our day in their book <em>Factfulness: Ten Reasons We\u2019re Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than You Think<\/em>. [2] Factfulness, a social science looks at statistics that is rich in Rosling\u2019s anecdotal global medical experiences. The book is structured around the systematic explanation of the \u201cten persistent, data-distorting human instincts,\u201d [3] and the helpful tools that can be used to dismantle their negative effects resulting in a broader more productive worldview. It is his stories which document related experiences in some of the world\u2019s most needy communities and his meticulous analysis of data which gives credibility to his hopeful view that \u201ca fact-based worldview\u2026is not as bad as it seems.\u201d [4] The authors create a calming voice to these instincts in our otherwise world of negative [5] and fear [6] inducing media that is often intertwined with political figures who are cherry picking numbers [7] to place blame [8] on opposing parties while attempting to convince their constitutes of the urgency [9] of a particular issue. <br \/><br \/>In the last two years our world has endured a global pandemic, there is the real possibility of a financial collapse as countries are dealing with increasing inflation, and the threat of a third World War three of the five \u201creal-world risks that demand attention,\u201d [10] which Hans Rosling did not see coming. And with it is this pervading sense that \u201cthings are bad, and it feels like they are getting worse.\u201d [11] If Rosling were around, he would be encouraging us to fight against easy answers from simple limited numbers. [12] He would be challenging decision makers to press into what are the contributing factors of the system. Thus, opening the door to see beyond the presenting issue to see those individuals most affected while finding solutions that diminish collateral damages. [13]<br \/><br \/>\u201cThat\u2019s curious!\u201d my Swiss friend Elisabeth would say anytime something in Poland was different. I do not know if it is because English is her third language, and she does not know that we would not usually reply that way or she is being the non-confrontive Swiss. That phrase has always stuck with me, opening my eyes to look at the world with innocence and curiosity of a child. When I can approach life\u2019s challenges with \u201cthat\u2019s curious,\u201d there is room for the peace of Christ to rest in my heart and anticipation of what he might do. It is at these times that my words contain more grace, honor, and my eyes are open to see beyond my preconceived ideas to embrace the complexities and opportunities with expectancy rather than dread. [14] Maybe this is what Jesus meant when he said that we had to be like children to enter the kingdom of God. <br \/><br \/>______________________________________________________<br \/>[1] Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling R\u00f6nnlund and Ola Rosling; Factfulness: Ten Reasons We\u2019re Wrong about the World&#8211;And Why Things Are Better Than You Think. (Flatiron Books, 2020), 187-191.<br \/>[2] Rosling and Rosling R\u00f6nnlund; Rosling, Factfulness.<br \/>[3] Richard Goerwitz and Carleton College, \u201cReview of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We\u2019re Wrong About the World\u2014and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling R\u00f6nnlund, and Ola Rosling.,\u201d Numeracy 11, no. 1 (July 2019): 1, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5038\/1936-4660.12.2.19.<br \/>[4] Rosling and Anna Rosling; Rosling, Factfulness, 255.<br \/>[5] Ibid., 47-74.<br \/>[6] Ibid., 101-123.<br \/>[7] Tom Chivers and David Chivers, How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them) (London: Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson, 2021).<br \/>[8] Rosling and Anna Rosling; Rosling, Factfulness, 204-222.<br \/>[9] Ibid., 223-242.<br \/>[10] Kirkus, \u201cReview-Factfulness: Ten Reasons We\u2019re Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than We Think,\u201d Kirkus Media, May 1, 2018, 2, https:\/\/georgefox.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org\/trade-journals\/factfulness\/docview\/2031679506\/se-2?accountid=11085.<br \/>[11] Rosling and Anna Rosling; Rosling, Factfulness, 13.<br \/>[12] Ibid., 41.<br \/>[13] Ibid., 223-236.<br \/>[14] Ibid., 203.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The one\u2019s mind is an amazing organ that can collaborate with others to solve the most seemingly unsurmountable challenges. Yet those same brilliant, and incredibly gifted individuals can become fixated on the numbers that substantiate their certainly. [1] Hans Rosling with his daughter-in-law Anna Rosling R\u00f6nnlund and son Ola Rosling joined forces in challenging the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2304,2305,2078,1849],"class_list":["post-28534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-curiousity","tag-perspective","tag-numbers","tag-rosling","cohort-lgp11"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28567,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28534\/revisions\/28567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}