it could have been shorter. However, I did enjoy how the author applied the lessons to various “epidemics”, and then took the study a step further, and asked how to use that information to solve problems.

The most poignant for me, considering current events at Virginia tech, was the afterword, which includes the teenage “epidemic” of school violence, which apparently stemmed from the Columbine shootings. It gives me a new perspective, and the outlook isn’t good.