Freakonomics gets eaten by The Black Swan

NTT, in his book The Black Swan, expands and explains the truth that 'you don't know what you don't know.'

One great example is the Turkey who thinks humans are great. Every day of his life a human feeds him and cares for him. All his historical knowledge of humans point to good times. Nothing in his Turkey:Human interaction prepares him for the day before Thanksgiving.

Check him out at my link list: Fooled by Randomness

I like Freakonomics, also in my link list, because they present unique ways of looking at the world. They give you a way of examining the world so that you know more.

In their first book, the authors of Freakonomics dive into the world of baby names. They list, based on statistics, popular baby names, unpopular, names successful families use, unsuccessful names, and other lists.
They imply that if you want to give your child a leg up, you may want to consider emulating the actions of successful families and use names from those lists.

Except you don't know what you don't know.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_baby_names

"Anything can influence baby names, from pop culture to literature to music and celebrities," said Jennifer Moss, author of "The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book" and founder of Babynames.com."

"Barack still didn't crack the top 1,000 for boys, but a version of the president's daughter's name, Malia, was the fastest riser for girls. Maliyah moved up 342 spots, to No. 296, while Malia, which is how Obama's daughter spells it, came in at No. 192, rising 153 spots."

Sure the top ten are still dominated by the traditional names, but change is a comin.