Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2020-11-08
Books mentioned on Do Checklists Make People Stupid? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 26
Stephen Dubner recommended The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, and discussed Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Checklist Manifesto
Recommended“I read Atul gawande's checklist Manifesto great book right”
Where to get it
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Triumph of the City
Discussed“he wrote a wonderful book years ago called Triumph of the city and the subtitle is something like how our greatest invention makes us happier richer smarter meaner and something else”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Tale of Johnny Town-mouse
“but many listeners will be familiar with the version of the story from 1918 the tale of Johnny Town Mouse written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter the English natural scientist who famously authored The Tale of Peter Rabbit”
Passing The Tale of Peter Rabbit
“written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter the English natural scientist who famously authored The Tale of Peter Rabbit”