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Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect.
Stephen J. Dubner • Freakonomics
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
It may seem absurd to brainwashed contemporaries, but Antifragile documents the outsized historical contributions of the nonprofessional, or, rather, the non-meretricious.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Well, you could purchase an annuity, a contract that pays off a set amount of income each year but only as long as you stay alive.
Stephen J. Dubner • SuperFreakonomics
“induce almost any level of giving they desire.”
Stephen J. Dubner • SuperFreakonomics
Rather, this is a graphic example of what economists call the principal-agent problem.
Stephen J. Dubner • SuperFreakonomics
McNamara had all of Ford’s company cars outfitted with seat belts.
Stephen J. Dubner • SuperFreakonomics
Where differences fascinate, says Stephen Jay Gould, generalities instruct.
Timur Kuran • Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Information is the currency of the Internet.