, root causes of gun violence and what the data objectively show.

, root causes of gun violence and what the data objectively show.  Read Less

Raw talent is overrated: people who achieve excellence—whether at golf or surgery or piano-playing—were often not the most tale...  Read More

Raw talent is overrated: people who achieve excellence—whether at golf or surgery or piano-playing—were often not the most talented at a young age, but became expert by endlessly practicing their skills.  Read Less

”… your argument may be factually indisputable and logically airtight but if it doesn’t resonate for the recipient, you won’t get anywhere.

”… your argument may be factually indisputable and logically airtight but if it doesn’t resonate for the recipient, you won’t get anywhere.  Read Less

” the authors write: “we’d like to bury the idea that there’s a right way and a wrong way, a smart way and a foolish way… our f...  Read More

” the authors write: “we’d like to bury the idea that there’s a right way and a wrong way, a smart way and a foolish way… our first two books were animated by a relatively simple set of ideas: incentives are the cornerstone of modern life.  Read Less

The value of unconventional thinking: the book encourages readers to think outside the box and to challenge conventional wisdom.

The value of unconventional thinking: the book encourages readers to think outside the box and to challenge conventional wisdom.  Read Less

There are things that people will do for a lot of money that they’d never do for just a few dollars… we’ll often say one thing ...  Read More

There are things that people will do for a lot of money that they’d never do for just a few dollars… we’ll often say one thing and do another—or, more precisely, we’ll say what we think other people want to hear and then, in private, do what we want.  Read Less

This means the “worried well” crowd out the truly sick, wait times increase for everyone, and a massive share of the costs go t...  Read More

This means the “worried well” crowd out the truly sick, wait times increase for everyone, and a massive share of the costs go to the final months of elderly patients’ lives, often without much real advantage… but with health-care costs approaching 10 percent of gdp in the u.  Read Less

I’d pay for a course if they offered one.

I’d pay for a course if they offered one.  Read Less

It arrived as promised and was packaged securely.

It arrived as promised and was packaged securely.  Read Less

This book is as good as the other 2 - freakonomics and super freakonomics.

This book is as good as the other 2 - freakonomics and super freakonomics.  Read Less

This book challenged my way of thinking and better prepared me for a career in corporate america.

This book challenged my way of thinking and better prepared me for a career in corporate america.  Read Less

They weren’t much better than “dart-throwing chimps,” as tetlock often joked.

They weren’t much better than “dart-throwing chimps,” as tetlock often joked.  Read Less

”… similar study… covered more than 6,000 predictions by … stock-market experts over several years.

”… similar study… covered more than 6,000 predictions by … stock-market experts over several years.  Read Less