I read Chapter 10 even if I didn’t read chapters 2 to 9 because I read a book review about Factfulness’s Ch10: The urgency instinct”.
An episode in it captivated me. The author who is a doctor, regretted he experienced what his instincts told him when he worked at Mozambique.
He didn’t talk about his bad experience to anyone else for 35 years. He still can’t forgive himself up to now. However, he decided to (3)clear the air by writing the book. At that time, It has happened come to a diagnosis of a seemingly contagious disease. The mayor asked him whether or not he should he tell the military to set up a roadblock and stop the buses from the area. The author replied immediately YES. The decision was wrong because it was not contagious, the roadblock brought on another tragedy.
I don’t blame him. I respect his bravery by sharing his research with us. We are always able to rebuild our lives with a (1)clean slate if we learn from our mistakes. (4)Likewise, the author taught me to be wary of drastic action, and to insist on looking at the data. He talked about another case which he was determined to learn from his mistakes, and act on the data, and not on instinct and fear. He visited the Ministry of Health in Liberia to analyze the dangers of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
He said that if you can’t track your progress, you don’t know whether your actions are working. At that time, the situation was complicated for tracking progress because four different labs were gathering data, they were in uncompiled and long and messy Excel spreadsheets. He sent all the data to Stockholm get a better picture.
The data came back showing that the number of confirmed cases had reached a peak two weeks earlier and had been dropping. It showed they have already passed through a desperate situation. The civil government of Liberian had successfully changed their behavior. The author reported the falling curve data to the problem-solving organization, but they insisted on sticking to the rising curve.
“Data must be used to tell the truth, not to call to action, no matter how noble the intentions.”
I highly agree with his opinion which where he doesn’t see to be exaggerating because it doesn’t fundamentally help solve problems. This book is really worth reading even one chapter.
Before the Revision
Title: Doubt The Urgency Instinct
I read Chapter 10 even I didn’t read chapter 2 to 9 because I read a book review about Ch10: “Factfulness; The urgency instinct”.
The episode captived me. The author who is a doctor regretted he experienced that instinct when he worked at Mozambique.
He didn’t talk about his bad experience to anyone else for 35 years. He can’t forgive himself still now. However, he decided to (3)clear the air by writing the book. At that time, It has happened some diagnosis which doubtful contagious diseases. The mayor asked him whether or not should he tell the military to set up a roadblock and stop the buses from the area. The author replied immediately YES. The decision was wrong because it was not contagious diseases, the roadblock brought another tragedy.
I don’t blame him. I respect his bravery which he sharing the research us. We are always able to rebuild our lives with a (1)clean slate if we learn from mistakes. (4)Likewise, the author taught me to be wary of drastic action, and to be insist on the data. He showed another case which he was determined to try to learn from his mistakes, and act on the data, not on instinct and fear. He visited the Ministry of Health in Liberia to analyze the dangers of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
He said that if you can’t track progress, you don’t know whether your actions are working. At that time, the situation was complicated for tracking progress because four different labs gathering data, it’s in long and messy Excel spreadsheets were not being combined. He sent the four data to Stockholm for (2)clean as a whistle.
The data came back showing that the number of confirmed cases had reached a peak two weeks earlier and was now dropping. It showed they have already passed through a desperate situation. The civil of Liberian had successfully changed their behavior. The author reported the falling curve data to the problem-solving organization. but they insisted on sticking to the rising curve.
“Data must be used to tell the truth, not to call to action, no matter how noble the intentions.”
I highly agree with his opinion which he doesn’t like exaggerating.
because it doesn’t help solve problems fundamentally. This book is really worth to read even one chapter.
homework:
(1)clean slate: A clean slate is a record of your work or actions that do not show past mistakes and allows you to make a fresh start.
(e.g.) “He was able to rebuild his life with a clean slate.”
(2)clean as a whistle: Something as clean as a whistle is extremely clean.
This can also mean that a person’s criminal record is clean.
(e.g.) “Bob spent the afternoon washing and shining his car until it was as clean as a whistle.”
(3) clear the air: If you decide to clear the air, you try to remove the causes of fear, worry or suspicion by talking about the problem openly.
(e.g.) “The atmosphere had become so unpleasant that he decided it was time to clear the air.”
(4) Likewise
Usage: Use “likewise” when you want to talk about something that agrees with what you’ve just mentioned.
Example: “Scholar A believes X. Likewise, Scholar B argues compellingly in favour of this point of view.”
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 idioms or words(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.