Episode Transcript
Peter: Michael. Michael: Peter. Peter: Have you ever read a book by Malcolm Gladwell? Michael: Uh. I have read one of his essay collections, if that counts. Peter: It does count, because that is what his books are.[If Books Could Kill podcast theme] Michael: I'm going into this with complicated feelings because I actually think that some of his...
Episode Description
In "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell posited that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in something. Mike and Peter prove him wrong by mastering his dumb book over the span of about 50 minutes.
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- Malcolm Gladwell talks about responding to critics, and the perils of ‘Talking to Strangers’
- Gladwell for Dummies
- Malcolm Gladwell interview
- The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance
- The Dangers of Delegating Education To Journalists
- Good intuition takes years of practice
- Blinkered
- How Malcolm Gladwell Tricks You Into Believing
- Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule
- Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study