
Think Like a Freak
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
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Stephen J. Dubner
The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.
Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria.
Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can, too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing - and so much fun to read.
Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark medal, given to the most influential American economist under the age of 40.
Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for The New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books.
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If you are a listener of the Freaknomics podcasts, this will feel less like an audiobook and more like a long podcast because it is read by Stephen Dubner (which is in no way a negative!). Some of the facts and figures also won't be new to you. The length of the audiobook also includes three podcast episodes at the end which you may well be familiar with.
(Given that subscribing to the podcast is free though, I nevertheless feel good about the price of the audiobook.)
Freakonomics Part III - new, but not different
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I wouldn't recommend listening to this, as the entire book is just a rehashed version of the podcast, which is put out for free. They also (somewhat insultingly) pad the hour count by putting several of their podcasts at the end. I was very disappointed at the lack of original material contained in the book.Would you ever listen to anything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner again?
Yes, it would inspire me to continue listening to the podcast.Did Think Like a Freak inspire you to do anything?
Nothing the podcast didn't already inspire.Any additional comments?
Check out their free podcasts for a higher quality version of the whole book.Don't Bother
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Very cool and informative
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Too short and redundant to the podcast.
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Interesting perspectives
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the things they make you think!
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new thinking Bible
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Think outside the box!
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It is a good book
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Expected more
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