I thought I would like this book a lot more than I ultimately did, even as late as halfway through. Silver is undoubtedly a smart guy with some good insights on how to interpret and use data to make predictions. However, he didn't go nearly as far as I would have liked in the nitty-gritty of actually making predictions and using statistical analysis to enhance them. The most mathematically demanding portions of the book were the parts where he discussed Bayes' Law and Bayesian thinking, but even that was extremely basic. He discusses a lot of very interesting topics in some new (at least to me) ways, but in shallow ways that left me looking for more. To be fair, I am open to adopting a more probabilistic mindset when I view the world, as he makes compelling arguments to do so, but I guess I was just expecting more substance and less background knowledge. He also doesn't provide the reader with a list of references for more on Bayesian statistics or anything like that, so while my curiosity has been piqued, I don't really know where to go from here. This book is ultimately a good read for people who want a taste of what Silver does and how he thinks, but be warned that he doesn't go into much depth, for the most part.