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What do estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? How can your name affect how well you do in life? The answer: Freakonomics. It's at the heart of everything we do and the things that affect us daily, from sex to crime, parenting to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. And it's all about using information about the world around us to get to the heart of what's really happening under the surface of everyday life. Now updated with the authors' New York Times columns and blog entries, this cult bestseller will show you how, by unravelling your life's secret codes, you can discover a totally new way of seeing the world.
I loved it! As someone who loves data and loves learning about everything under the sun, Freakanomics is exactly my kind of book. Reminiscent of Adam Ruins Everything, it takes a variety of topics and breaks them down into bite sized bits of data and information, explaining how they collected it and what the data says. The bonus material at the end made me extraordinarily happy as well. I would recommend this book for anyone who listens to Adam Conover, readers of Cory Doctorow, and readers of Charles Soule.
Excelente y aún muy vigente, más que un manual de guerra da la impresión de ser una guía para evitar el enfrentamiento directo, una manera de librar una guerra evitandola.
Ok, so I didn't finish this.It's a Chinese book about war. Not the kind I wanted to read. Just started it and read enough of it for school.
Тот, кто знает, когда можно сражаться, а когда нельзя, одержит победу.Тот, кто понимает, как использовать большие и малые силы, одержит победу.Тот, у кого верхи и низы горят одним и тем же желанием, одержит победу.Тот, кто, будучи полностью готов, ждет неподготовленного, одержит победу.Совсем не обязательно вести военные действия, чтобы использовать принципы, сформулированные Сунь-цзы. Они равно применимы в политике, управлении и даже в повседневной жизни. Победителем мечтает стать каждый. Постижение древней мудрости и сегодня – шаг к победе.
Being honest, this was not me. It has great advice if you are a general going to war, or if you have your own business (funny enough, the advices make sense for a business), but in my case (I'm none), it was extremely boring with useless information. I might have gotten one or two phrases where I felt "identified", but overall not really for me. As general knowledge I think it's good, and I can say I have read "The Art of War", but that's it.
Lettura interessante. Applicabile, ovviamente, non solo alle vicende belliche. Presente qualche spunto da tenersi segnato per il futuro.