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487 reviews for:
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D. Levitt
3.7 AVERAGE
487 reviews for:
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D. Levitt
3.7 AVERAGE
Truly excellent book. Even though all their concepts seem common sense and obvious once you hear them, this still really got me thinking. I'm really inspired to change the way I'm viewing several things in my life as a result of this book and ask different questions about them, focus on them in different ways. I highly recommend this.
had to read for my econ class, but it was much more entertaining than i had anticipated!
This book looks at how we think and how people who view problems in unique ways (that often lead to unique solutions) think. Some of these were familiar to me but many weren't and it was presented in an entertaining fashion, each "lesson" taught with a specific story. If you liked the first Freakonomics you'll like Think Like A Freak.
I read Freakonomics back in 2008 and remember enjoying the perspective of the world that authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner offered. The ideas were fresh and exciting. I have not read their second book, Superfreakonomics, but I'm guessing it is more of the same as book 1.
I was eager to read their third book, Think Like a Freak, when I saw it at the library. I thought it was a good way to kick off my reading for 2015. The book was an easy read, but the perspective no longer felt fresh. It was more same-old, same-old. I think the authors have a very unique way of looking at the world and I would like to see that perspective applied to something new. Their last chapter talks about quitting, maybe they are aware that it is time to make a change...
I was eager to read their third book, Think Like a Freak, when I saw it at the library. I thought it was a good way to kick off my reading for 2015. The book was an easy read, but the perspective no longer felt fresh. It was more same-old, same-old. I think the authors have a very unique way of looking at the world and I would like to see that perspective applied to something new. Their last chapter talks about quitting, maybe they are aware that it is time to make a change...
I always enjoy this genre, and the Freakanomics guys don't disappoint. Interesting, fun, and fast read, even if the content and style might need a bit of refreshing before the next installment.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
It was fine, a well done audiobook. However, I had read about most of the stories before in other books, like an alarming number of them (and it's mostly that - anecdotes and popular sciency stuff on many topics). This would be interesting for someone just getting into similar books. I haven't read the original Freakonomics books, but I might pick them up as this had a fun flow and doesn't need intense concentration.
“Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.”
“Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.”
Even if I’m left with questions or skeptical of some of the content, I still love the ideas and am entertained by the encouragement of looking at things differently.
i guess i liked it.
it was short, fast, and i'm probably the target audience for something like this.
but like FREAKONOMICS (unsure about the sequel -- i haven't read it), this is a bunch of just-so stories. we get a problem, we get a solution that doesn't work, and then we are given a solution that is "out of the box" or counter-intuitive that does work, and the authors will tell you why.
one of the co-authors is an economist, and i'm sure he will tell you: a lot of things in science aren't valuable unless they provide predictive value. that's the whole point of people being down on correlations (i.e., correlation does not imply causation). THINK LIKE A FREAK mostly ignores this, though.
but anyway, there's some good advice about how to be skeptical in today's world. oops, they're calling it thinking like a "FREAK" in today's world because they have to be on-brand.
it was short, fast, and i'm probably the target audience for something like this.
but like FREAKONOMICS (unsure about the sequel -- i haven't read it), this is a bunch of just-so stories. we get a problem, we get a solution that doesn't work, and then we are given a solution that is "out of the box" or counter-intuitive that does work, and the authors will tell you why.
one of the co-authors is an economist, and i'm sure he will tell you: a lot of things in science aren't valuable unless they provide predictive value. that's the whole point of people being down on correlations (i.e., correlation does not imply causation). THINK LIKE A FREAK mostly ignores this, though.
but anyway, there's some good advice about how to be skeptical in today's world. oops, they're calling it thinking like a "FREAK" in today's world because they have to be on-brand.