The following article presents ethical questions about a legalized kidney trade. I imagine though that they are not convinced to some.

http://www.thehindu.com/fline/fl1907/19070740.htm

Here are a few broadly related books that I liked and/or I think others may like (in no particular order). They all are easy to read (except Tversky's), and can change the way you think to some extent.

- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert Cialdini)
- Yes!: 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion (Noah J. Goldstein, Steve Martin, Robert B. Cialdini)
- The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (Scott Plous)
- Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are (Daniel Nettle)
- How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
- Quirkology: The Curious Science Of Everyday Lives (Richard Wiseman)
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
- Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (Peter L. Bernstein)
- Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist (Tyler Cowen)
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner)
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Dan Ariely)
- Pop Internationalism (Paul R. Krugman)
- The Hare and the Tortoise: An Informal Guide to Business Strategy (John Kay)
- Choices, Values and Frames (Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky)
- Judgment Under Uncertainty (Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky)
- Detecting Lies and Deceit: The Psychology of Lying and Implications for Professional Practice (Aldert Vrij)
- Tricks of the Mind (Derren Brown)
- The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Technique in the World (Ian Rowland)
- Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction (Morton D. Davis)
- Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Friedrich Nietzsche) [not much to do with DUCY?, but whatever]

Enjoy.

Surprised you didn't mention Stumbling On Happiness. So who are you Sean?

He is the creator of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c74w...ayer_embedded#

Is it good? I probably haven't bought it yet because it sounded too "self-help-ish" at first glance.
There are many other books worth mentioning obviously (eg. Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford & Matt Webb [O'Reilly]).

El Gonso started me on

Is the $15 copy and the $20 autographed copy the same book? All contents?

About the parallel parking doesn't it damage the tires if you turn the wheel while not moving? Some people don't do an efficient job of pulling out. Make sure you're close to the car in front of you then back up while turning the steering to the right. Then start driving slowly but quickly turn it all the way to the left.

The autographed copy has a signature added.

The B-Stock books are not autographed and are slightly shipping dinged. Same book. They are fine reading copies, not gift quality.

Thank you for the article but you are right, it didn't convince me at all.

Wait... isn't the new movie "Repo Men" is about organ transplants etc?

on page 69 it says Bog Stupak, you know how little errors leave big impressions so I thought I'd better tell you. That's as far as I came so far but I may come back to this thread after I read more of the book, good read so far.

I didn't want to bring this up because I figured it would distract from the discussion, but there are many more errors, especially grammatical ones. A recurring one is using then instead of than when comparing things.

Maybe not hiring a professional editor is a good way of saving money, it sure fits nicely with the theme of the book.

Nope.

That is probably true. lol. What you have proved though is that the theme shines through and that the minor grammar and spelling errors are essentially meaningless.

Yes, it is a very good idea to clean them up in future publication cycles, but overall the transfer of thoughts and ideas is complete and that is much more important (at least to me). I admittedly lack the neuroses that some "Grammar Nazi's" have which does not allow them to look past these minor errors.

Cannot remember the chapter title, but there is a chapter about either
get 20m in 10Y with 40% chance
or
get 1m upfront

I think one other thing to consider is the market liquidity. If I can retail the 20m offer on say ebay -- 2k in 10Y with 40% chance for $500 now -- or if I can find an investment bank to buy the 20m offer for 4m, it would be a no brainer.