Freakonomics by Katie Stassis https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2016-11-18 04:01:52 UTC 2016-12-09 15:21:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Reading Schedule 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609063 November 18: p.14
November 25: p.80
December 2: p.125
December 9: End]]> 2016-11-18 04:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609063 Why Freakonomics? 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609167 I chose to read this book because I want to do something with my life in the business field and economics is relevant. Also I find very interesting exploring the hidden side to certain aspects, which is what the book touches upon. ]]> 2016-11-18 04:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609167 Week 1(1-14) 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609288 2016-11-18 04:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609288 "In a medical study, it turns out that obstetricians in areas with declining birth rates are such more likely to perform cesarean-section deliveries than obstetricians in growing areas - suggesting that, when business is tough, doctors try to ring up more expensive procedures"(8). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609318 I found this particular situation so interesting. It really rattles me that in a declining area with bad economy, doctors would impose more expensive procedures to get money out of their patients. I find this very dissolute, being that the patient has no choice but to follow through in certain situations, practically taking advantage of their weak position.]]> 2016-11-18 04:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609318 Quintessential 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609528 "It is the quintessential blend of commerce and camaraderie: you hire a real estate agent to sell your home"(7).
Quintessential: representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
During the civil rights movement, it was quintessential that white citizens would look down on people of color fighting for their rights.]]> 2016-11-18 04:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/138609528 Week 2 (p.15-39) 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139688723 2016-11-24 03:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139688723 Egregious 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139688757 Egregious (adj): outstandingly bad; shocking
"This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating..."(34).]]> 2016-11-24 03:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139688757 "Cheating is more common in the face of a bright-line incentive than a murky one"(39). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139689040 This quote is pretty much saying that people cheat when they have a chance of good coming out of it for themselves rather than a murky one. I liked the quote because it shows how certain incentives drive each person to so many extents beyond moral boundaries for an example the incentive to win rather than lose can drive a certain person to cheat. ]]> 2016-11-24 03:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/139689040 week 3 (p.40-51) 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141298741 2016-12-02 04:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141298741 "He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy"(46). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141298890  A man named Feldman, the boss of a company, brought angels in all the time for his colleagues but then ended up selling bagels. I like this quote because "the shackles of cubicle life". It makes me think of my principles because if I ever worked in a cubicle I would die. Just drop dead. So much confinement and boredom and silence. Im happy he left that life, ultimately making himself more happy. ]]> 2016-12-02 04:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141298890 Leverage 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141299343 "A sumo bout is a concentrated flurry of force and speed and leverage, often lasting only a few seconds"(41).
leverage (n.): the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever.
The swimmer used the ladder as leverage to pull herself up out of the water.]]> 2016-12-02 04:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/141299343 Week 4 (52-148) 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173373 2016-12-06 22:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173373 Chagrin 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173480 "As Kennedy later wrote, he was particularly chagrined by one key fact about the Klan"(59).
chagrin (v.): feel distressed or humiliated
After the failure of a performance last Saturday, II'm so chagrined I can't bear to show my face.]]> 2016-12-06 22:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173480 "There are few incentives more powerful than the fear of random violence - which, in essence, is why terrorism is so effective"(62). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173855 The author included an explanation for the reason of KuKlux Klan having the power that they had and why the lynchings decreased even during rebirth stages. It is because the incentive of whites to have them to behave according to their rules caused people to fall into line with constant fear of being punished at any second. I thought this was a powerful quote because it is relevant to today's fear of terrorism and it shows why it is so effective - the fear of random violence. ]]> 2016-12-06 22:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142173855 "Listerine did not make mouthwash as much as it made halitosis"(91) 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142770586 Listerine first came out as a pitch to cure halitosis and this was the start to people's concern of it. The introduction of listerine brought upon people the first concern of its cure. It's interesting because it suggests that things that people don't even think about go unnoticed until someone points it out until it's all you can think about. It's annoying. ]]> 2016-12-09 12:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142770586 "What is most interesting is that we learned not to be afraid from our children"(119). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142816301 During an aspiring protest in which few were shot by the police, it was children that usually told their parents to go protest. It made me think about when I was little and I dove head first into every situation, whether it was eating pine cones and food off the ground and getting cuts and bruises from doing dumb things. Children are too young to think about consequences and risks because they usually think of things in a broad aspect where as you get older you overcompensate and fixate yourself on every single detail. ]]> 2016-12-09 15:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142816301 Imminent 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142817990 "So it's the imminent possibility of death that drives the fear - which means that the most sensible way to calculate fear would be to think about it on a per-hour basis"(151)
Imminent(adj): about to happen 
The most imminent event I have that I have to be excited over is Christmas, but even that is a while to wait. ]]> 2016-12-09 15:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142817990 "Fear best thrives in the present tense. That is why experts rely on it, in a world that is increasingly impatient with long-term processes, fear is a potent short-term play"(151). 18stassisk https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142819229 When I read this i immediately thought about each persons planned out life sculpted by set societal norms- college, job, get married, have kids. This are such long processes that take a while to set to stone yet everyone is so impatient for them to occur such that everyone fears that it won't happen at all. Fear remains a continuity even through all these fickle events that people fixate over. ]]> 2016-12-09 15:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/18stassisk/hg2ha1kvjppt/wish/142819229