A review by himpersonal
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I really wish there was an updated version of these books. I learned a lot and was surprised by some of it (like how solar power actually contributes to global warming) and laughed about some of it (especially about the monkeys in the epilogue). I wanted the book to go on forever because I felt like there wasn't ever going to be an end to how much I could learn from the two writers.

There is one point on which I feel like maybe I could be informative to the authors - they were uncertain whether seatbelts were effective for women as designed. I can tell you that they are not - at least not for shorter women and/or buxom women. I'm pretty short (and getting shorter by the day). Seatbelts never fit me correctly. I either have to use a seat cushion to raise my height, or I have to use a seatbelt adjuster that doesn't necessarily always work. If I use a cushion, I can see over the hood (yeah!), but getting in and out of the car is difficult because the steering wheel has to be low enough for me. Some days, I use the cushion. Most days, I use the adjuster. Sometimes, I'll do both. But I never feel like I'm driving at my optimal safety because cars are designed for taller people with longer legs and flatter chests. If I could even pull the seat up a few inches closer to the dash, that would make such a huge difference (I have to drive with my toes against the pedals instead of my whole foot or even half a foot).

I would say that this is a fun book that I'm glad to have read and will want to read again and again.