Money and Finance
- Talent...
My friend Shane over at Farnam Street posted an interesting interview excerpt with a quote by Kirby Ferguson about talent that I thought was interesting, and that matched well with a Malcolm Gladwell quote I had posted previously. Both quotes are below....
- 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...
- 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:...
- Amy Chua: World On Fire
In the Malcolm Gladwell/Roger Martin discussion that I posted yesterday, Gladwell recommended Amy Chua’s book (released in December 2002) World on Fire. Below are links to a couple of video interviews she did based on the ideas in that book. Link to:...
- 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...
Money and Finance
Malcolm Gladwell quote
“Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you’re smarter than you were before.” -Malcolm Gladwell (in his interviewwith Dan Pink, where he also mentioned that he’d change some of the arguments he made about NYC crime in The Tipping Point because we've learned a lot more since then)
- Talent...
My friend Shane over at Farnam Street posted an interesting interview excerpt with a quote by Kirby Ferguson about talent that I thought was interesting, and that matched well with a Malcolm Gladwell quote I had posted previously. Both quotes are below....
- 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...
- 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:...
- Amy Chua: World On Fire
In the Malcolm Gladwell/Roger Martin discussion that I posted yesterday, Gladwell recommended Amy Chua’s book (released in December 2002) World on Fire. Below are links to a couple of video interviews she did based on the ideas in that book. Link to:...
- 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...