How do random events impact the bigger events in our lives and the history of the world?
In his new book, The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us, Mark Robert Rank makes the point that we under-appreciate randomness and do so may be to our detriment.
Rank is a Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis. His previous research and writing has focused on issues of poverty, inequality, and the American Dream.
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