This book was amazing! It was hard to read because it was fact after fact after fact. It was an assault on my brain because of its complicated diction and lack of variety in syntax.

BUT, I did get the gist of it and will probably read it again.

Since reading the book it has made me realize how blessed we are in the United States and how naive we are to the world outside of us. Life can, and is in many countries, much, much worse than missing a class or sipping a bad latte.

My advice to everyone - read this book.

This book was great!

John let me borrow it a few months back and I am just getting around to posting my thoughts on my recent readings. The Brafman brothers explain their ideas on why and how people make decisions based on emotions opposed to logic.

For example, speeding across town in rush hour traffic to get to class on time. The logical decision would be to take your time because of the potential harm that could come from crashing your car into another vehicle. But, more often than not, people end up rushing and speeding because they did it before and didn’t get hurt.