I just finished reading Freakonomics, a really interesting book that poses unusual questions like:

• Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool?
• Is there such a thing as a successful name?
• What did effect did Roe Vs. Wade have on violent crime?
• How much more money does a realtor sell their own house for?

Economist Steven Levitt seeks answers to behavioural questions with statistics and reasoning and his findings are surprising and controversial. I especially liked his theory that people tend to do or not do things based on incentives (social or economical), which rings true. Give me a shout if you’d like to borrow it to read.

Now I’m reading Its Not News Its Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap as News which is proving to be even more hilarious than the web site. I’ll post a review of it when I’m done. Probably in a day or two.