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Ban College Football from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates and Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates on FORA.tv
- Joe Moglia's Career Switch Paying Off
Link to article: Joe Moglia's career switch paying off The final staff meeting of the spring is brief, which is the norm at Coastal Carolina. The conference room is stuffed to the brim with assistants huddled around a small table, interns and...
- David Epstein On Econtalk
David Epstein, writer for ProPublica and author of The Sports Gene, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book. Epstein discusses a number of the ideas in the book including what we have learned about the nature vs. nurture debate, the role...
- The Billion-dollar Coach
Another article on my Alma Mater’s new football coach. Former Fortune 500 CEO Joe Moglia has never led a major football program — so why is Coastal Carolina finally giving him a chance? Out beyond the water parks and seafood buffets of Myrtle Beach,...
- Flummoxed By Failure—or Focused?
Thanks to Will for passing this along. Many people think of intelligence as static: you are born with lots of brains, very few, or somewhere in between, and that quantum of intelligence largely determines how well you do in school and in life. The astrophysicist...
- Malcolm Gladwell: When Technology Fails
Looks like some more great talks will be posted on TED from the Edinburgh conference. By the end of World War II, the United States military had spent $1.5 billion on the Norden bombsight, a device that promised to be so accurate it was said a plane...
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Intelligence Squared Debate Series: Ban College Football
Malcolm Gladwell took part in the debate (he gives his initial remarks around the 11-minute mark). It isn't about making football illegal, but revolves more around some of the issues Gladwell discussed in THIS article. As Gladwell describes the debate:
As part of the Intelligence Squared debate series, I teamed up with Buzz Bissinger (of “Friday Night Lights” fame) in support of the proposition that college football should be banned. On the other side were the College Football Hall of Famer Tim Green and the sports columnist Jason Whitlock. Bissinger and I won handily. I’d like to think that our victory was the result solely of our debating skills. But I think it has more to do with how profoundly public opinion is shifting against football. If I were the N.F.L., I’d be worried.
Ban College Football from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates and Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates on FORA.tv
- Joe Moglia's Career Switch Paying Off
Link to article: Joe Moglia's career switch paying off The final staff meeting of the spring is brief, which is the norm at Coastal Carolina. The conference room is stuffed to the brim with assistants huddled around a small table, interns and...
- David Epstein On Econtalk
David Epstein, writer for ProPublica and author of The Sports Gene, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book. Epstein discusses a number of the ideas in the book including what we have learned about the nature vs. nurture debate, the role...
- The Billion-dollar Coach
Another article on my Alma Mater’s new football coach. Former Fortune 500 CEO Joe Moglia has never led a major football program — so why is Coastal Carolina finally giving him a chance? Out beyond the water parks and seafood buffets of Myrtle Beach,...
- Flummoxed By Failure—or Focused?
Thanks to Will for passing this along. Many people think of intelligence as static: you are born with lots of brains, very few, or somewhere in between, and that quantum of intelligence largely determines how well you do in school and in life. The astrophysicist...
- Malcolm Gladwell: When Technology Fails
Looks like some more great talks will be posted on TED from the Edinburgh conference. By the end of World War II, the United States military had spent $1.5 billion on the Norden bombsight, a device that promised to be so accurate it was said a plane...