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An interesting perspective to consider the biases of why people do certain things, how we nearly always act in self interested ways, because in the end, we are all effectively just monkeys.
After reading this book, I hope I consider more the route cause for people to act in certain ways, that I consider the effect of asking people questions in a survey, and the bias that might have on responses, and human being's innate response to please those around them.
After reading this book, I hope I consider more the route cause for people to act in certain ways, that I consider the effect of asking people questions in a survey, and the bias that might have on responses, and human being's innate response to please those around them.
Eh... it was an ok read. Freakonomics had some unique and interesting correlations, causations, and anecdotes that, while not always 100% accurate, were at least neat to read about. SuperFreakonomics, however, felt much more meandering, less focused, and at times I had a difficult time discerning what the point of some of the sections of chapters were other than to have you read about some "oh, cool, that's different" bits of information.
There are still some good nuggets in here, but don't go into it expecting a ton of hard information, decisive reasoning, or strong logic. If you expect simply some interesting pieces of information loosely tied together by topics, then you should be relatively entertained.
There are still some good nuggets in here, but don't go into it expecting a ton of hard information, decisive reasoning, or strong logic. If you expect simply some interesting pieces of information loosely tied together by topics, then you should be relatively entertained.
Listened as an audio book. It definitely tends to drag on when listening to it, but maybe that's all audio books for me.
My favorite part about economics is applying theory to anything and everything, so freakonomics is fun for me!
The stuff about the medical field was eerie to listen to in the current state of the world.
I see a lot of complaints about the chapter on climate, but I didn't have an issue with it. Maybe because I'm not an expert either
My favorite part about economics is applying theory to anything and everything, so freakonomics is fun for me!
The stuff about the medical field was eerie to listen to in the current state of the world.
I see a lot of complaints about the chapter on climate, but I didn't have an issue with it. Maybe because I'm not an expert either
informative
I really enjoyed Freakonomics because it brought a scientific/statistical viewpoint to things we otherwise wouldn't think of from that perspective. This book tried to do the same, but with much more controversial topics. I just found a lot of the rhetoric to be flawed, and also really felt like much of the book was a big shout out to the authors buddies in Washington who were "genious inventors." Finally, I felt like the book had way too many footnotes and acknowledgements, which made what looked to be a long book actually 75 or so pages shorter than what I thought it would be.
There is no real quality change from the first part as far as I can see. They are just as humorous and just as analytical.
funny
informative
medium-paced
Very interesting analysis!
Much like the original Freakonomics, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning how to make connections between seemingly unrelated things in everyday life.
I could do without so many references to prostitution and crack dealing, really I could. But it's a highly entertaining and slightly educational book. Also great on audiobook!
I could do without so many references to prostitution and crack dealing, really I could. But it's a highly entertaining and slightly educational book. Also great on audiobook!
informative
fast-paced
informative
medium-paced