Big Data and the Unexpected Public

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Some books I've read that fall close to Freakonomics, rely on big data, or that otherwise surprise with information you are unlikely to run into elsewhere.

  1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by 

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  2. The Wisdom of Crowds by 

    In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are …

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  3. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by ,

    Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why …

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  4. Talking to Strangers by 

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  5. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by 

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  6. Emotional Intelligence by 

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  7. The Second Machine Age by ,

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  8. Follow the Music by ,

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  9. MADE IN AMERICA by 

    Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost …

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  10. Gift of Fear by 

    A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers to help carry a woman's groceries. Is he a good Samaritan or …

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  11. Choosing My Religion by 

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  12. The myth of choice by 

    An account of the constraints on personal choice, and the consequences of those constraints for everyday life. Greenfield poses unsettling …

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  13. Young Men with Unlimited Capital : The Story of Woodstock by ,

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  14. Underground America by  (Voice of witness)

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  15. My Years with General Motors by 

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