[tyleraldrich]

I guess pointless depends on what you're reading the comment section for - I'd put you in the minority if you came here looking for book suggestions.

It's certainly unrelated to the article, and the OP didn't understand why they received downvotes, so I believe my explanation was sufficient.

[beat]

Or arguably, your explanation was at least as pointless as the original.

And it is absolutely related to the article. The very concept and terminology of "gap" is the first thing Rosling critiques in Factfulness, as a faulty way of thinking that misleads us and keeps us from seeing the truth about the state of the world.

[ScottBurson]

Great! How does it mislead us? Can't you give us any clue?

[jobigoud]

Do you see the valley in the histogram?