Who's Counting?

<P><I>Who’s Counting </I>features selected columns from Paulos’ well-known <I>ABC News</I> series of the same name collected here in book form for the first time along with updates and brand-new original essays from the author to examine how better understanding data improves our thinking and decision-making. With examples from government mass media natural disasters the COVID-19 pandemic conspiracy theories climate change “fake news” and popular culture Paulos shows how mathematics and logic are along with a humble respect for truth our most basic and reliable guides to reality.</P><P></P><P></P>