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I like that this shows up in the search list above "The Use and Abuse of Logic," because, yeah. Like its predecessor, this is a lovely popcorn read but not very convincing. Lots of broad sweeping conclusions, not-very-detailed discussions of data, and an increasingly disturbing pattern of racist and classist assumptions. I'm not unhappy to have read it, but I can't bring myself to defend it.
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This just barely made 2 stars. It annoyed me right from the start when they made a stupid glib comment about 'you should drive home drunk because it's safer than walking drunk!' and didn't ever redeem itself. It felt even faster-paced and shallower than the first book, although it might be that I have less patience for the style now that it's everywhere.
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Good read, but I felt like I had already heard nearly everything from the podcasts.
