08-09-2008, 02:26 AM
Hey, I was just about to post something too.
Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner
I swear if Ozymandias was a real person, he'd be Steven Levitt (except Levitt is, by his own admission, the weakest human being on the planet). This treasure hunt of a book runs through all the causalities and correlations that makes events happen (or not), and makes the world function as usual (or not).
It's interesting to read because the subject matter is diverse (like, what's the common thing about public school teachers and sumo wrestlers, why the Ku Klux Klan is the same as real-estate agents, and why crack dealers live with their moms, among other things), the language used is easy to follow, and the ideas are well laid out. Highly recommended.
They have a blog on the New York times, here: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/
Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner
I swear if Ozymandias was a real person, he'd be Steven Levitt (except Levitt is, by his own admission, the weakest human being on the planet). This treasure hunt of a book runs through all the causalities and correlations that makes events happen (or not), and makes the world function as usual (or not).
It's interesting to read because the subject matter is diverse (like, what's the common thing about public school teachers and sumo wrestlers, why the Ku Klux Klan is the same as real-estate agents, and why crack dealers live with their moms, among other things), the language used is easy to follow, and the ideas are well laid out. Highly recommended.
They have a blog on the New York times, here: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/
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