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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Great premise, but I had trouble actually enjoying the read. If you are not familiar with these concepts, reqd it, if you are, have it in your bookshelf
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
So I heard Mr Blastland on a podcast and he was persuasive enough to make me read this book.
Unfortunately, his writing is lacking without Malcolm Gladwell's appeal.
Besides the big story (there are things about Reality that we may never know), there is no story.
Unfortunately, his writing is lacking without Malcolm Gladwell's appeal.
Besides the big story (there are things about Reality that we may never know), there is no story.
informative
medium-paced
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
informative
In academic research, in society, in life, there are unknowable unknowns that can affect outcomes in surprising ways.
Who knew?!
Plodding and eye-wateringly boring in places. I think I swallowed my tongue reading about corrections to GDP estimates.
Not for me.
Who knew?!
Plodding and eye-wateringly boring in places. I think I swallowed my tongue reading about corrections to GDP estimates.
Not for me.
Rambling
An interesting basic premise, ruined, as with so many books of this genre, by a lack of material and an excess of words.
Every concept is chewed over until it's nothing but mush and the overall structure is incoherent with the topics at times only loosely connected to the central argument.
A frustrating read I was glad to reach the end of.
An interesting basic premise, ruined, as with so many books of this genre, by a lack of material and an excess of words.
Every concept is chewed over until it's nothing but mush and the overall structure is incoherent with the topics at times only loosely connected to the central argument.
A frustrating read I was glad to reach the end of.
A thoroughly documented reminder that the world is almost never as straightforward as economists, politicians, journalists and even scientists will have us believe.
I believe this is what some call "a one-idea book", which might sound dull, but the author manages to look at this particular idea from multiple angles and illustrate it using plenty of interesting examples.
For those really interested in the topics explored by the book, there are a lot of other works it references, which can constitute the subject of further reading. For me this book was enough. :)
I believe this is what some call "a one-idea book", which might sound dull, but the author manages to look at this particular idea from multiple angles and illustrate it using plenty of interesting examples.
For those really interested in the topics explored by the book, there are a lot of other works it references, which can constitute the subject of further reading. For me this book was enough. :)