Think Like a Freak

by Steven D. Levitt

That’s a shame, for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to.

Every time we pretend to know something, we are doing the same: protecting our own reputation rather than promoting the collective good.

The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it.

Thinking like a Freak means you should work terribly hard to identify and attack the root cause of problems.

When failure is demonized, people will try to avoid it at all costs—even when it represents nothing more than a temporary setback.