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490 reviews for:
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D. Levitt
3.7 AVERAGE
490 reviews for:
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D. Levitt
3.7 AVERAGE
Not as in depth as Freakonomics, for those expecting in depth discussions of case studies. But, an excellent book detailing good practice for opening your mind to new ideas and approaches to difficult problems.
Good insight and information as to how to think differently and outside the box. If you like the Freakonomics Podcast, you should like the book.
Not nearly as deep or interesting as their earlier books. If you listen to their podcast you've heard most of these stories before.
I liked it. A lot. Think Like A Freak doesn't have quite as many 'zany' moments as the previous two books, but compiles some thought provoking chapters. Not quite 5 stars because it didn't really teach me anything new, but I loved their use of stories to get points across. Also, I like their observations that involve the Bible.
Worth reading.
Worth reading.
Smart guys but far from their most interesting effort! Still, I learned that getting a good's night sleep is vital to hot-dog contest binge eating preparedness.
Enjoyable but very breezy. Too simplistic overall. The early part on experimentation (with the story of the hotdog eating champion) was probably the best part. The later parts tried to cover too much ground and ended up with quite a superficial treatment of their points.
Only got one useful piece of advice; the rest can be found in how to win friends and influence people or by using your common sense.
Sadly this book finishes sooner than I would want. This is a good addition which doesn't quite breakthrough as the two previous books. There is one thing for every one. As far as I'm concerned the three most difficult words is a chapter written for me
It was a fun listen, but since I'm a pretty avid listener to the Freakonomics Radio podcast it didn't feel very fresh. A lot of the stuff that's mentioned has been in some way or other used in the pod as well, which is fine, there isn't infinite interesting content but still. But I love Stephen Dubner's voice, which was an excellent bonus with the audiobook.