* Incentives are the cornerstone of modern life. And understanding them-or, often, ferreting them out-is the key to solving just about any riddle, from violent crime to sports cheating to online dating. Alternatively, every problem has a solution, all one is required to provide is the right set of incentives.
* “Experts”—from criminologists to real-estate agents—use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda. Alternatively, information is a commodity, and if used rightly can be turned into a weapon.
* Dramatic effects often have distant, even subtle, causes. Alternatively, known as 'Butterfly Effect'.
* The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done.
13 years ago
2 comments:
hey .. congrats man .. finally conquered freakonomics
not really, actually other way round, "Freakonomics Conquered"...me! :D
Got bugged of all that cog so after 3 chapters moved on to Wodehouse :P for a break...phew!
ssup with you...gud to hear from you after long...how are you pulling along?
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