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A review by davidr
Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World by Tyler Cowen
2.0
This book is proof that you cannot judge a book by its title. I thought that, since the book's title contains the word, "economy" and since the author is a behavioral economist, that the book would be about economics, and about the economic decisions that people make. How wrong could I be!
This book is really about the psychological lessons we can learn from people who are autistic. In order to improve our understanding of a disordered world, we should follow the psychological outlook of autistics. That is the essence of the book, in a nutshell.
The author talks a lot about the Internet and information overload. He suggests that really, we have a poorly filtered web of information. I guess that is true.
There are many interesting ideas in this book. However, I just didn't see the rhyme or reason in the book, as chapters branch out into tangents that didn't seem to be held together by a central theme. That is the main reason why I cannot recommend the book. It is directionless; the book seems to suffer from the very thing that he is trying to solve!
This book is really about the psychological lessons we can learn from people who are autistic. In order to improve our understanding of a disordered world, we should follow the psychological outlook of autistics. That is the essence of the book, in a nutshell.
The author talks a lot about the Internet and information overload. He suggests that really, we have a poorly filtered web of information. I guess that is true.
There are many interesting ideas in this book. However, I just didn't see the rhyme or reason in the book, as chapters branch out into tangents that didn't seem to be held together by a central theme. That is the main reason why I cannot recommend the book. It is directionless; the book seems to suffer from the very thing that he is trying to solve!