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SuperFreakonomics’ Authors on GeoEnginnering

November 24th, 2009

University of Chicago Economics Professor Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner about Geoengineering Global Warming Fixes. Their data about innovation planning shows how important creative thinking can be in addressing global problems. From their followup best seller Freakonomics called SuperFreakonomics: I really enjoyed what Levitt and Dubner’s research revealed in both books, it was very enjoyable reading. [...]

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My latest read – What the Dog Saw

November 15th, 2009

I have been a fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s writing. Joining The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and Outliers: The Story of Success comes his latest work What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures which is a collection of his writings with the New [...]

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My latest read – Superfreakonomics

November 15th, 2009

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner have released SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance a long awaited follow up to their hit Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. If you enjoyed Freakonomics (my review here) or even Sudir Venkatesh’s Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue [...]

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My latest read – Microtrends

July 22nd, 2008

A pollster meets The Tipping Point. That is how I would describe Mark Penn’s Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes. I believe his 75 microtrend stories are interesting enough, but could not help but think back to Gladwell’s book when reading each microtrend that lasts only two or three pages. I do believe he is [...]

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