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> [Of all the things that the digital revolution has produced, once of the coolest, simplest ones is you can now contact people who write books that you read. You used to have to write a letter to the publisher and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/of-all-the-things-that-the-digital-revolution-has-produced-once-of/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

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## More by Stephen J. Dubner

> [These are the two sides of Steven Spielberg: the reverent grown-up who knows when to say the right thing and the exuberant kid who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/these-are-the-two-sides-of-steven-spielberg-the-reverent-grown-up-who/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [Like the graduates of some notorious boot camp, my brothers and sisters and I look back with a sort of perverse glee at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/like-the-graduates-of-some-notorious-boot-camp-my-brothers-and/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/the-world-is-complicated-but-does-every-problem-require-a-complicated/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [People are being incentivized for the wrong things. We've heard about a lot - doctors for procedures rather than creating wellness or maintaining wellness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/people-are-being-incentivized-for-the-wrong-things-we-ve-heard-about/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/while-in-the-middle-of-writing-a-book-i-have-a-hard-time-reading/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [That's what's good about the digital revolution is it makes information asymmetry much harder to maintain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/that-s-what-s-good-about-the-digital-revolution-is-it-makes/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [Most laws that we make to protect people from guns are usually ignored by the criminals and obeyed by the law-abiding people. And so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/most-laws-that-we-make-to-protect-people-from-guns-are-usually/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [If the day's writing has been particularly good or particularly bad, a glass of scotch will be involved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/if-the-day-s-writing-has-been-particularly-good-or-particularly-bad-a/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [As everyone knows, tips constitute the bulk of a waiter's or waitress's income. But they are also optional, at least in theory. Does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/as-everyone-knows-tips-constitute-the-bulk-of-a-waiter-s-or-waitress/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [What I think of as 'freakonomics' is mostly storytelling around an idea - not a theme but an idea. I like ideas much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/what-i-think-of-as-freakonomics-is-mostly-storytelling-around-an-idea/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [The Immaculate Reception became the Zapruder Film of sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/the-immaculate-reception-became-the-zapruder-film-of-sports/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [We're all biased, right, in many different ways - politically, religiously, ideologically, the way our family raised us - and that's fine. Nobody wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/we-re-all-biased-right-in-many-different-ways-politically-religiously/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/think-small-don-t-pretend-you-know-the-answers-experiment-get/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/i-think-the-most-fundamental-error-we-make-is-mistaking-a-noisy/)

[Stephen J. Dubner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-dubner/)

> [What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-dubner/what-s-really-the-driver-of-talent-is-not-raw-ability-it-s-not-even/)

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