I bumped into Ian Ayres’ personal web-site last night. He is author of Super Crunchers. The prediction tools page includes a few free, fun tools some of which are mentioned in the book. One that I especially liked is the tool to predict how long you’ll live. Two tools are included one of which is from my employer, Northwestern Mutual. Give it a shot. The results may surprise you! Click here to “Play the Longevity Game”.
Our circulation department wants to put in as many as possible, because five cards have a slightly higher chance of one being sent back than four, and six is slightly higher yet. As long as those cards earn more in subscriptions than the cost of paper and print, they’re consider a good thing from the circulation department perspective.
He goes on to say that editors hate them because of the grief they create for readers. AMEN!
It just so happens that a few weeks ago I ordered a subscription to Wired
I’ll count the number of cards in my first issue and report back!
(Cross posted at Random Thoughts.)
An abridged version is available at Amazon. I downloaded the unabridged version from my local library account at NetLibary. That version is published by Recorded Books.
Amazon has a brief video of the author. Click here to watch it.
