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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Let me start with a disclaimer: I’m not a fan of baseball. I don’t even understand all the rules of the game.
This book I just finished reading, Moneyball, however, was not only about baseball. Even though it has a few chapters that were, for me, a bit hard to follow because of the technical jargon… »
More on Longevity…
Just fell upon this report in the Telegraph about how much time people spend waiting in queues over their lifetime: 6 months for the British. There’s no reason to believe that Americans, or for that matter, anyone living in a consumption-based society would do better than the Brits, so I think this also applies to… »















































