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A review by kimball_hansen
When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
2.0
2.5 stars. This book started off good with some interesting tidbits then it got annoying and old. I realized this book was just published to make the authors money. They even state that in the beginning talking about selling bottled water. And their self proclaimed title "When to Rob a Bank" is a crock and just click bait. Or read bait. That particular synopsis didn't lead to any meaningful conclusions. In fact many of their stories were like that. Other people wrote great reviews venting their frustration that were fun to read. After reading Aftershock several years ago and then these Freakonomics guys stuff, I've concluded that economists are really full of themselves and love to toot their own horn. and they'll play their research/findings/books/any bit o' success like a broken record and kick that dead dog till it's....dead. That last blog thing they talked about was so egocentric. Quoting a person that mentioned the book [b:Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything|1202|Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Freakonomics, #1)|Steven D. Levitt|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327909092s/1202.jpg|5397] was brilliant and it reminded that person of themselves. They just wanted to toot their own horns.
I think their idea of increasing politicians money to get better politicians was retarded. But I liked the idea that their pay should be based on how well they did and how well they improved the economy schools, etc. And on that same token they should be penalized if they are greedy or did crappy and they couldn't lobby to get themselves out of it.
whotohate.com. That's a brilliant idea. You pay 5 gold for the website to send an email to someone you hate and they get a message that says "someone hates you".
I like when other authors that I've read are mentioned in books. It makes me feel well-read or at least informed. So when they talked about [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg], I got excited because I enjoyed his books. However, unsurprisingly, their example of buying locally grown food being worse for the environment than exported foods was is a terrible argument.
They said Anders Ericcson popularized the 10,000 hour rule. So who was it? Him or dumb Malcolm Gladwell? These guys and Malcolm seem to clash a bit in their books.
At least his ideas for gun control weren't too bad.
I liked how he ratted out that bad restaurant that had rotten chicken.
It was dumb when one of them said that there was no way to determine why famous actors in animated films are better than no name ones. He names all these hypotheses and says they're not right. And leaves it at that.
I didn't know that medication causes dry mouth which causes more tooth decay and bad dental hygiene. And that's the rise of it. At least that was a thought halfway carried out with a brain.
I think their idea of increasing politicians money to get better politicians was retarded. But I liked the idea that their pay should be based on how well they did and how well they improved the economy schools, etc. And on that same token they should be penalized if they are greedy or did crappy and they couldn't lobby to get themselves out of it.
whotohate.com. That's a brilliant idea. You pay 5 gold for the website to send an email to someone you hate and they get a message that says "someone hates you".
I like when other authors that I've read are mentioned in books. It makes me feel well-read or at least informed. So when they talked about [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg], I got excited because I enjoyed his books. However, unsurprisingly, their example of buying locally grown food being worse for the environment than exported foods was is a terrible argument.
They said Anders Ericcson popularized the 10,000 hour rule. So who was it? Him or dumb Malcolm Gladwell? These guys and Malcolm seem to clash a bit in their books.
At least his ideas for gun control weren't too bad.
I liked how he ratted out that bad restaurant that had rotten chicken.
It was dumb when one of them said that there was no way to determine why famous actors in animated films are better than no name ones. He names all these hypotheses and says they're not right. And leaves it at that.
I didn't know that medication causes dry mouth which causes more tooth decay and bad dental hygiene. And that's the rise of it. At least that was a thought halfway carried out with a brain.