A solution will always be elusive if the problem is defined incorrectly. Chapter 3 reviews the importance of properly defining problems and asking the right questions to solve them. It also examines why people keep making predictions when, time and again, they are wrong. So instead of using the same approach for their third book, they decided to teach readers how to think “like a Freak” themselves, revealing how to use their tools to approach problems.Ĭhapter 2 discusses why it is so difficult for people to admit they don’t know something, even though that’s the case much of the time. However, solving problems is not easy, especially not those problems that remain after many people have attempted to solve them. Their two previous books provided explanations to specific questions and problems, which prompted lots of questions from readers looking for solutions to new problems.

Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting - because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.In the first chapter the authors explain their purpose for writing this book.

Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded - because being right is rarely enough to carry the day.

Take a master class in incentives - because for better or worse, incentives rule our world.

Think like a child - because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions.

Learn to say “I don’t know” - for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to.

First, put away your moral compass - because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it.

Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak: Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally - to think, that is, like a Freak. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet.

Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more. The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.

Think like a freak by steven d levitt