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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
Meh. Not as great as the first. It was probably about on par with their podcasts. Interesting but nothing that will stick with me.
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Overall, I liked this book. I did enjoy [b:Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything|1202|Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Freakonomics, #1)|Steven D. Levitt|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327909092s/1202.jpg|5397] better, though. I tended to zone out a bit while listening to this one.
A quick read that I really enjoyed. It reminded me a lot of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, where conventional wisdom is flipped upside down and you are presented with a new way of seeing the world.
I enjoy their anecdotes, and their humor:
"If the capuchins were so quick to turn to prostitution as soon as they got hold of some money, just imagine how quickly the world would be overrun with monkey murderers and monkey terrorists, with monkey polluters who contribute to global warming and monkey doctors who fail to wash their hands. Future generations of monkeys, of course, would come along and solve these problems. But there would always be something to fix - like the monkeys' pigheaded insistence that all their children ride in car seats..."
"If the capuchins were so quick to turn to prostitution as soon as they got hold of some money, just imagine how quickly the world would be overrun with monkey murderers and monkey terrorists, with monkey polluters who contribute to global warming and monkey doctors who fail to wash their hands. Future generations of monkeys, of course, would come along and solve these problems. But there would always be something to fix - like the monkeys' pigheaded insistence that all their children ride in car seats..."
informative
reflective
Incredibly fascinating - made my 45 minute (each way) commute so much more interesting. Definitely gets you thinking.
3.5/5 stars
I can't quite place why, but I didn't like this one as much as I did Freakonomics. The topic of global warming aside, it could be I just wasn't as interested in the material and there were some conclusions I thought obvious, so in that sense when they finally got to them by that point I had stopped caring.
I can't quite place why, but I didn't like this one as much as I did Freakonomics. The topic of global warming aside, it could be I just wasn't as interested in the material and there were some conclusions I thought obvious, so in that sense when they finally got to them by that point I had stopped caring.
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced