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Saw one of my idols, Malcolm Gladwell, on PBS last night (yes, a rockin’ Saturday night on my couch with pizza and pup snoring beside me). Couldn’t find the talk I saw on youtube, unfortunately—it was a more dynamic back and forth with an audience in Boston—but this one on CNN is pretty popular, and fascinating:
Another:
With Couric, on why Asians are better at Math…
Okay, I’m enjoying these, can’t get enough, so here’s another for other Gladwelliacs…this one touches on secret to Beatles’ success:
Almost everything Malcolm Gladwell does is interesting.
You know, David Brooks makes a lot of this 10,000 hrs. rule. It’s very useful. I would love to see us, as a culture, revise our notions of genius. I think genius is one of the least helpful concepts we have for describing a very important phenomenon: excellence.
Just finishing his latest book. Solid read. His insights about why folks are “successful” is so helpful, particularly when it comes to race, culture and privilege.
[...] amazing: a sort of ongoing lecture series with all the people we wish we could get to. Well, when we have a huge talk show someday—whether on Planet Green or [...]
[...] attention (we’re too busy sipping maté and tapping away at our MacBooks while arguing about Gladwell or Pollan’s latest piece at our favorite local indie café, then cycling off to yoga [...]
Almost everything Malcolm Gladwell does is interesting.
You know, David Brooks makes a lot of this 10,000 hrs. rule. It’s very useful. I would love to see us, as a culture, revise our notions of genius. I think genius is one of the least helpful concepts we have for describing a very important phenomenon: excellence.
Just finishing his latest book. Solid read. His insights about why folks are “successful” is so helpful, particularly when it comes to race, culture and privilege.
[...] amazing: a sort of ongoing lecture series with all the people we wish we could get to. Well, when we have a huge talk show someday—whether on Planet Green or [...]
[...] attention (we’re too busy sipping maté and tapping away at our MacBooks while arguing about Gladwell or Pollan’s latest piece at our favorite local indie café, then cycling off to yoga [...]
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