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Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist
by Steven D. Levitt
Rating: 3.5
Oddly enough I preferred the topics covered in here than those in SuperFreakonomics but it just didn't really teach me anything. I enjoyed the stories (like painting a fly on the urinal and letting men's target practise instincts take hold to keep public toilets cleaner and how the guy made hotdog eating into a science) but in terms of how to 'think like a freak' not so much. The one exception was 'say I don't know more' which I always need to be reminded of but the rest felt a little like it was just riding the wave of the previous success. All the same, it's a fun one time read.
Oddly enough I preferred the topics covered in here than those in SuperFreakonomics but it just didn't really teach me anything. I enjoyed the stories (like painting a fly on the urinal and letting men's target practise instincts take hold to keep public toilets cleaner and how the guy made hotdog eating into a science) but in terms of how to 'think like a freak' not so much. The one exception was 'say I don't know more' which I always need to be reminded of but the rest felt a little like it was just riding the wave of the previous success. All the same, it's a fun one time read.