By Sarah Vowell.
The Revolutionary war got off to a rocky start. After rebelling against Britain for raising taxes, it was difficult to raise the taxes needed to pay for the army needed to fight that rebellion.
Along come the French and Lafayette. Looking for glory. Looking for discount ways to harass the English.
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The Remarkable Story of Risk. By Peter Bernstein.
Over the centuries, risk has evolved from God's will, to something that can be analyzed and thought through. While much of the future is unknowable, parts of it do obey the laws of probability. Warning, warning… parts of it do not. You can't manage risk away. That has a habit of blowing up.
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This book looks at many common child rearing problems through the eyes of Game theory. What works. What are the pit falls.
How should you split chores?
How should you split cake?
How do you decide what movie to watch?
The book points out that the common cake splitting strategy—one child cuts, the other chooses—can be used in many situations. One child creates two lists of chores, the other chooses. One child creates to piles of toys. The other chooses.
All of these break down with three or more children, though there are complicated ways you can deal with this.
The book also has a section on voting and it's pitfalls. When you are voting for more than two things, then there are many corner cases were less preferable options will win.
