Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Their gaze wanders. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Some of these approaches are not without risk, for example, the authors take on religion and write of the Protestant reformation and what they infer from the data about the economic impact that it generated. Put away your moral compass. Think Like a Freak is Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's most revolutionary book yet. One particularly poignant reminder expressed by the authors is: “The fact is that solving problems is hard. There are some interesting stories in the book and anecdotes however there was nothing overtly new that I hadn't read or come across before. I think that I bumbled across “Think Like a Freak …” while searching to download one of the earlier Freakonomics books. But instead of accepting conventional wisdom as fact, the two sit down with the magician Alex Stone—someone in the business of fooling people—and ask him what he thinks. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Actual examples! Their point is not to reargue that particular claim. Do you think like a Freak? It is to point out that we shouldn’t avoid arguments like that just because they leave us a bit squeamish. Think like a Freak is another great addition by Dubner and Levitt and explores their reasoning behind why they do the things they do. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. ,Bookzz | Bookzz. And most of all—and this is my favorite—kids are shorter than adults, so they quite literally see the trick from a different and more revealing angle. Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. The obvious answer, of course, is kids. The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Discover 19 proven, insider marketing and business-building strategies that will take your business to higher levels of success, even in a recession! Appreciate the upside of quitting. Does this book contain inappropriate content? If you subscribe to the Freakonomics podcasts then you will be familiar to many of the anecdotes told in the book. Take this quiz to see if you think like a Freak, based on the principles of thought presented in Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics. Another Super Book for the Freakonomics duo. Put away your moral compass. Think Like A Freak is a blueprint for thinking unconventionally and creatively. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know. The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life. He talks of root causes of gun violence and what the data objectively show. By learning to think like a "freak", you’ll gain access to an entirely new way of solving problems and making sense of the world. Although it does have some "case studies" of actual research, all of which are interesting enough, the purpose of the book is to examine how one might bring economics - and robust stat-based psychology - into thinking about problems, and how to think about how to tackle those problems. Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain - Ebook written by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner. The book “Think Like a Freak” teaches us how to observe and analyze the world just how an economist would. It’s about the attitude we need to take towards the tricks and the problems that the world throws at us. You will read it on the plane (there and back!) Why? A Cheat Sheet for Fans... A Good Intro if you are new to Freakonomics, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2014. It struck me that although the authors do not directly link their approach to strategic thinking, it has useful insights for thinking about all types of strategy as well as public policy. Think Like a Freak - Chapter 2: The Three Hardest Worlds in the English Language Summary & Analysis Steven Levitt This Study Guide consists of approximately 38 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Think Like a Freak. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read. And to re-assure (?) Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. Thinking is generally done on only one way, but Think Like a Freak offers its readers a new way to think about everyday situation. Dreams to Reality is a step-by-step personal development book for turning your goals into reality and taking action to realize your dreams. Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain is the third non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Adults have a set of expectations and assumptions about the way the world works, which makes them vulnerable to a profession that tries to exploit those expectations and assumptions. Please try again. Q: What is this? Think like a Freak. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing--and so much fun to read. He quit his first career—as an almost rock star—to become a writer. Penguin Books, 2015. I think that I bumbled across “Think Like a Freak …” while searching to download one of the earlier Freakonomics books. 6 likes. This book talks about the limits of what *can* actually be known. 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