*  Full disclosure: When I was fact-checking this book, Noah denied that his hatred of America’s pastime is a key part of his personality. He does admit to hating baseball, but he believes his kindness, love of children, and intelligence are the core elements of his personality—and that his attitudes about baseball would not even make the top ten. However, I concluded that it’s sometimes hard to see one’s own identity objectively and, as an outside observer, I am able to see that hating baseball is indeed fundamental to who Noah is, whether he’s able to recognize it or not. So I left it in.