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Daniel Gilbert, Next to Nothing

Daniel Gilbert, Next to Nothing

Read Next to Nothing and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 1.270

1. What does Gilbert suggest the reader do to get into Guinness World Records?

give away all his possessions and live in the nude in Antarctica

grow his fingernails a mile long

ask his boss for a 15% pay cut

milk 1,000,000,000 cows as a dairy farmer

Question 1.271

2. Why does Gilbert suggest that humans can fall asleep to a blaring television one night and another night become awakened by a single footstep?

He attributes this phenomenon to the law of absolute value.

He attributes this phenomenon to the relative magnitude of stimulation.

He attributes this phenomenon to the inner ear’s ability to sense pressure changes.

He attributes this phenomenon to the body’s ability to adapt to white noise.

Question 1.272

3. When contemplating spending and saving money, Gilbert asserts that humans think in terms of

relative dollars.

silver dollars.

imaginary dollars.

absolute dollars.

Question 1.273

4. The author presents a scenario wherein his daily cup of Starbucks coffee goes up in price by a dollar. Rather than contemplate the past cost of his coffee when deciding how to react to this outrage, the author says that he should instead consider

the future cost of his coffee, if prices continue to skyrocket.

how much The Coffee Bean and McDonald’s are charging for their coffee and consider making a change in vendors.

the price of coffee beans in Colombia and then decide if he’d rather make a trip to buy his own beans or continue to let Starbucks make his coffee.

the price of other things he can buy with the same amount of money required to buy the new cup of coffee and whether the coffee or the other items would bring him greater satisfaction.

Question 1.274

5. According to Gilbert, which of the following is NOT true?

People make consistent and logical financial decisions.

People make weird and illogical financial decisions.

When making financial decisions, most people have an easier time remembering the past rather than generating new possibilities.

People tend to go across town to save $50 on a $100 radio, but not to save $50 on a $100,000 car.