sudhir venkatesh always spends time with interesting people to retrieve data. shining example of a data-driven sociologist

first it was going undercover with a gang, and now it's prostitutes. he was the guy who did the work which was highlighted in freakonomics. steven levitt just did the regressions.

this is my contention:

men don't need to have their problems solved. men just need to be told (or feel) they're great.

http://www.slate.com/id/2200640/