I Liked the book until I actually checked the distribution of birth months of NHL players (available on some teams web sites) including the Canadian Team he refers too (a different season). There were about the same number of players born in the first half and second half of the year. There were even a few born in December. His Arguments all made perfect sense but I couldn't find any evidence that it was actually true. I Stopped reading the book after that. It started to look like he found facts that supported his premise, rather than actually researching the subject. I Liked "The Tipping point" and "Blink" but I don't trust the evidence presented in those books now.

"The only reason 100% recycling doesn't work is because some people are too fucking lazy to do their part" And the fact that where I live besides metal and glass virtually nothing is accepted for recycling. virtually no plastics, some types of paper and cardboard, but not others. Also the things that are the worst to throw in the garbage are the hardest to recycle. batteries, lights ,oil and electronics all go to a separate place and have recycling charges. How many people just say screw it.