31 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Are Smart People Overrated? - Are Smart People Overrated?: the talent myth
Rod Begbie : gladwell dot com - the talent myth - "Are smart people overrated?" Classic Malcolm Gladwell. [via] #
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33 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : Malcolm Gladwell's blog
WillPate : Malcolm Gladwell's Blog - Will be watching this with interest.
jkottke : Malcolm Gladwell has a blog - Malcolm Gladwell has a blog.
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33 month ago
gleuschk : gladwell.com - the bloggers' pet columnist now also a blogger
merlinmann : gladwell.com - So far no kitty photos, drunken confessions, or "johari windows." Might take him a while to get a handle on the medium. (Watch this space.)
jimray : Malcolm Gladwell has a blog
Linkorama : gladwell.com - malcom gladwell blogs
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34 month ago
jkottke : Malcolm Gladwell on different types of generalizations and when it's helpful to generalize (and not) - Malcolm Gladwell on different types of generalizations and when it's helpful to generalize (and not). I don't know about all that, but I *hate* "pit bull-type" dogs and I still think they should be banned.
Rod Begbie : Malcolm Gladwell: What pit bulls can teach us about profiling. - Excellent, fascinating Malcolm Gladwell article about the uselessness of "profiling" as a tool to attack crime. [via] #
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38 month ago
jkottke : On the future - Time magazine asks Moby, Malcolm Gladwell, Tim O'Reilly, Clay Shirky, David Brooks, Mark Dery, and Esther Dyson about their views on the future: religion, culture, politics, etc. Gladwell: "If I had to name a single thing that has transformed our life, I
philgyford : TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- The Road Ahead - A handful of celebs-in-the-weblog-world talk about the future. (via Kottke)
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38 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : the social logic of Ivy League admissions
plasticbag : Malcolm Gladwell on selection policies for Harvard (much more interesting than it sounds, and weirdly much less judgmental than it could have been) - "If Harvard had too many Asians, it wouldn’t be Harvard, just as Harvard wouldn’t be Harvard with too many Jews or pansies or parlor pinks or shy types or short people with big ears."
jkottke : Harvard's admissions process - Malcolm Gladwell's description of how Harvard decides on who to admit strikes me as similar to how many companies in the tech/web industry hire employees. "Subjectivity in the admissions process is not just an occasion for discrimination; it is also, in b
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43 month ago
jkottke : Gladwell reviews Everything Bad is Good for You for the New Yorker
plasticbag : Malcolm Gladwell on Steven Johnson on pop culture and its capacity to make us more intelligent... - "At the elementary-school level, homework seems to be of marginal or no academic value. Its effect on discipline and personal responsibility is unproved... They could be playing a video game, and giving their minds a rigorous workout."
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46 month ago
philgyford : Gladwell dot com / Big and Bad - Malcolm Gladwell on SUVs: "feeling safe has become more important than actually being safe".
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46 month ago
philgyford : Gladwell dot com-- The Pitchman - Malcolm Gladwell makes the story of Ron Popeil and his Showtime Rotisserie more interesting than anyone else could.
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49 month ago
jkottke : Gladwell on the difference between modern society's perception of trauma recovery and the reality - "The vast majority of people get over traumatic events, and get over them remarkably well. Only a small subset—five to fifteen per cent—struggle in a way that says they need help." (Comment on this)
Steve Cook : Malcolm Gladwell on emotional resilience - "We forget that other experiences will compete for our attention and emotions. We forget that our psychological immune system will kick in and take away the sting of adversity." I hope he's right.
plasticbag : Malcolm Gladwell on "Getting Over It" - This is the difference between a novel written in the middle of the last century and a novel written at the end of the century. Somehow in the intervening decades our understanding of what it means to experience a traumatic event has changed.
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