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Word of the similarities between Ilyinsky’s article and the Slate piece was quickly picked up by Harvard-watching bloggers, who immediately recalled Kaavya Viswanathan ’08. The author??s debut novel was pulled from bookshelves last year after The Crimson found similarities between Viswanathan’s novel and several other books...
...first half of the book and discusses critical mass, or the idea that people base their actions, among other things, on the number of people who will take part in the action. Anyone interested in the nitty-gritty of such processes should pick up the book. The author??s point, though, can be summarized in less than the 150 or so pages that make up the first half of the book: people’s behavior depends on other people’s behavior and that, unfortunately, does not always lead to an equitable solution...
...humor, some of them hysterical, and some of them atrocious (“winnings and losings add to zero [less than what one must pay for sandwiches]”). At least the blame can partially be placed on the editors, who failed to take out several of the author??s outdated or nonsensical jokes. Perhaps in an attempt to liven up the book, Schelling provides too many examples for concepts that only require one or two. At one point, he even tries to make the book more interactive, coaxing the reader to toss coins in order...
...author??s Nobel Prize lecture, which discusses the worth of nuclear weapons, suggests that the strength of nuclear weapons comes from their storage, and not their use. North Korea, for example, can gain more from stockpiling its arsenal than it can from bombing a peaceful country. Countries with nuclear weapons should ideally use them to put pressure on other countries rather than explode them and run the risk of retaliation, writes Schelling. He also wonders how America’s changing view of nuclear weapons will affect its use of them. It would have been nice...
Though these two teenagers are painted vividly, they also seem to be very boring people who don’t show any character growth. At first I took this to be a failing on the author??s part, but upon reflection, Schrefer has accurately depicted the bland personalities of many who want for nothing (except higher SAT scores...