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...three issues he discusses, namely neighborhood racial tensions, social interaction, and gene selection. The social interaction section especially, is more math-heavy; while it is nothing more complicated than basic arithmetic and algebra, its sheer volume is overwhelming. What’s more, there is no final chapter that ties the first two halves of the book together, binding theory and commentary. Had Schelling done that, the book would have been more memorable...
...least Schelling recognizes some of his missteps. A humble tone peaks out in several non-didactic portions of the book. He even acknowledges that the final chapter of “Micromotives” is dense. Indeed, it is filled with many graphs that require some careful inspection, but Schelling does generously provide his readers with a summary of his key points at the end of the chapter. In the preface, he goes so far as to state that “Micromotives” was not written as a book, but rather a set of individual ideas that...
...Mindless Eating” straddles two genres, ending up somewhere between popular science and dieting guide. Though the majority of the book is devoted to explaining studies and theories, the last bit of each chapter applies the abstract to the reader’s life...
...common objection is that student choice will digress into a mindless pursuit of an easy A. This claim is ill-founded. Students already seek out easy core classes, and lower workloads do not necessarily translate into inferior classes. An extra chapter of reading or a problem set per week doesn’t mean that the course will affect the way the student views the world in a greater...
Worse still, the definition of “terrorist” is open-ended and subjective. The law states, “any person subject to this chapter who, in breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States, knowingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished as a military commission...may direct...