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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
"The best way to increase wolves in America, rabbits in Australia, and snakes in India is to pay a bounty on their scalps. Then every patriot goes to raising them." -Mark Twain
Not as informative as previous books. Much of the material was pulled from old podcasts.
If you are an avid listener of the Freakonomics podcast you are not going to get much new information. There are some episodes of the podcast that provides more information than this book. That being said, it was an easy read and has interesting information. It is good to be reminded of the podcasts I already heard.
Don’t listen to what people say; watch what they do.
Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.
Another good Freakonomics book, but not as good as the original two.
Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.
Another good Freakonomics book, but not as good as the original two.
I know this is going to sound kind of dumb on my part, but I read this book last week and already can't remember any of the "think like a freak" tips. There are some interesting stories/anecdotes, as always, but this is overall completely forgettable (and really really short - a third of the length is sources/footnotes/etc.)
A quick little read to help you reframe your thinking or approach something from a different angle. Nothing terribly deep, plenty of digestible stories. Something I may come back to again and again for a refresher. (Note: I am not familiar with the writers' other works.)
From the Freakanomics guys --a guide to thinking outside the box or like a "freak". Advice includes thinking, looking at small problems that are part of bigger problems, bias, and perspective. HS/Adult Economics, Thinking, Science
What a book! First impression: unusual cover. The cover was different and I did not understand the relevance of it until I actually read the book, regardless, the unusual cover and title may encourage readers to buy this book when walking past a bookstore.
Tone: I really liked that when reading the book it was as if you were listening to the authors. The text literally spoke to the reader as a teacher and this made the topic easier to understand and not at all boring which may of occurred if written in detached 3rd person. Personal pronouns were used through out like “we” making the reader feel like the ‘ Think like a freak community’.
Content: Interesting. That as a whole is what the book can be described at. Both authors used regular, everyday events and made the reader see them in a different light- fulfilling the purpose of the book.
Layout: I enjoyed the fact that images, bullet point-like sentence and notes at the end were included. The informative book become much easier and more fun to read. The notes at the end reinforced the facts and helped readers if they wish look up information on their own.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, not a type of book I normally choose but nevertheless I am very pleased that I did pick this and learned to look at events in my life in another way.
“One thing we’ve learned is that when people, especially politicians, start making decisions based on a reading of their moral compass, facts tend to be among the first casualties.”
Tone: I really liked that when reading the book it was as if you were listening to the authors. The text literally spoke to the reader as a teacher and this made the topic easier to understand and not at all boring which may of occurred if written in detached 3rd person. Personal pronouns were used through out like “we” making the reader feel like the ‘ Think like a freak community’.
Content: Interesting. That as a whole is what the book can be described at. Both authors used regular, everyday events and made the reader see them in a different light- fulfilling the purpose of the book.
Layout: I enjoyed the fact that images, bullet point-like sentence and notes at the end were included. The informative book become much easier and more fun to read. The notes at the end reinforced the facts and helped readers if they wish look up information on their own.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, not a type of book I normally choose but nevertheless I am very pleased that I did pick this and learned to look at events in my life in another way.
“One thing we’ve learned is that when people, especially politicians, start making decisions based on a reading of their moral compass, facts tend to be among the first casualties.”