Freakonomics
I picked up a copy of Freakonomics. It's fun. Basically, you have a really smart professor rambling about stuff. Stuff like whether there is any cheating in sumo wrestling. (There is.) If real estate agents are corrupt. (They are.) It's all backed by data he's analyzed, and some of it is very unique data. Like the profits of a drug ring, carefully recorded in a notebook, that a drug runner gave to the author's friend. Before the runner was killed.
It's very non-PC; he claims that abortion has lowered the crime rate. But he also analyzes discrimination on The Weakest Link. Remember, that show with the uppity British Lady who said, "John, you are ... ... ... ... TheWeakestLink!!!" Maybe that's not very PC either, but it's a good read. Read the book.
Who am I kidding; you won't read it. (Sorry, Dave, but I haven't watched Primer yet.) Instead, read this long article that got it all started. It was published in 2003, and the response was good enough that they expanded it into a book.
It's very non-PC; he claims that abortion has lowered the crime rate. But he also analyzes discrimination on The Weakest Link. Remember, that show with the uppity British Lady who said, "John, you are ... ... ... ... TheWeakestLink!!!" Maybe that's not very PC either, but it's a good read. Read the book.
Who am I kidding; you won't read it. (Sorry, Dave, but I haven't watched Primer yet.) Instead, read this long article that got it all started. It was published in 2003, and the response was good enough that they expanded it into a book.
posted by Eric at 11:47 AM
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Steph bought the book about a month ago, but neither of us has gotten around to reading it yet. (She read a little.)
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