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Freakonomics Radio
It was described as a book containing 1500 recommendations for tools, both physical and digital, and was highlighted for its ability to spark connections between diverse tools and provide a broader perspective.
And his coolest book yet. It's called Cool Tools.
— Episode: 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
Episode: 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
It was described as a book containing 1500 recommendations for tools, both physical and digital, and was highlighted for its ability to spark connections between diverse tools and provide a broader perspective.
And his coolest book yet. It's called Cool Tools.
So Cool Tools is a book on paper and it's only available on paper that's a little bit oversized. It's a lot oversized. Come on. If you open it up, it's kind of like a small towel the size of a dish towel. And it is about 1,500 recommendations for Cool Tools and tool is in the broadest sense of something that's useful to you.
It's more important that you know that these exist rather than that you purchase them because a tool is really just an opportunity with a handle.
It's just a way of thinking about something differently that we make real and so you can use this as a resource of getting ideas about what is possible to do.