19 July 2010

It is who you are, not what you do.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Finished Freakonomics today, a quick and fun read between San Francisco's Pier 39 and Tiburon. I could never describe my dream job until now - it is Levitt's job, who claims to be neither an economist, nor an anthropologist, nor a sociologist. He says he is not good with numbers, nor with econometrics. He just likes asking interesting questions and tweak numbers to answer them.

He is basically describing me - however, I am sure I am much worse with numbers and far less creative - but ideally I'd love to be answering interesting questions, especially about cultures and social behavior. Hmm, third degree is maybe luring :)

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