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Why Little Louie Can Never Be A Genius

Gerald Sindell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Bill Gates, Larry Page, Malcolm Gladwell, Genius, Malcolm-Gladwell-Outliers, David Brooks, Living News
Gerald Sindell

Only a very few of have a certain level of gift that is completely beyond anything 10,000 or even a million hours of focused work can give you. These are the geniuses. And their gift came from inside.

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Susan Boyle, Gay Marriage, and Not Trusting Your Gut

Jay Michaelson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gay Rights, Susan Boyle, Martin Luther King, Youtube, Racism, Morality, Malcolm Gladwell, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Entertainment News
Jay Michaelson

I've learned, however, not to dignify the "gut reactions" of bigotry with any kind of value. This is how moral progress takes place: we learn to stop trusting the gut reactions based on falsehoods we've been taught.

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And The Geeks Shall Pwn The Earth

Aisha Tyler | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Judd Apatow, Pwn, Malcolm Gladwell, Trendy Geeks, Seth Rogan, Aisha Tyler, Geeks Pwn Earth, Geeks, Comedy News
Aisha Tyler

Thankfully for recovering childhood nerds like me, geeks have recently, finally, come into vogue. Witness the ambivalent, doughy sexiness of a Seth Rogen, or the oddly attractive post-pubescent cool of a Michael Cera

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10 Life-Changing Tips From Top Connectors

Sally Horchow | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Neil Armstrong, Connecting, Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Roger Horchow, Lifestyle, Dick Bass, Living With Meaning, Art of Friendship, Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point, Connector, Connectors, Relationships, Living News
Sally Horchow

Connectors' lives -- both innately and deliberately -- are built around their meaningful connections with other people.

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Real Progress on Homelessness

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wal-Mart, Bronx, Homelessness, Brooklyn, New York City, The New Yorker, Homeless, Million Dollar Murray, Malcolm Gladwell, Queens, Will Smith, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, New York/New York, Politics News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

We can end chronic homelessness, but only if we abandon ineffective and entrenched practices.

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Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Education and Making Wise Choices

Rob Kall | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, CEO Pay, The New Yorker, Bobby Jindal, Tenure, Twitter, Child Welfare Services, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Barack Obama, Internet, Barry Schwartz, Education, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, TED Conference, Malcolm Gladwell, Rob Kall, Teachers, Technology, Swarthmore, Living News
Rob Kall

It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.

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When Smart People Get It Sooo Wrong: Malcolm Gladwell's Solutions for American Education

Martin Carnoy | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Inner City Schools, Student Achievement, New Teachers, Teacher Training, Teacher Recruitment, AIG Bailout, Teach for America, Teachers, Malcolm Gladwell, Pro Football, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

The assertion that we don't know what makes good teachers before trying them out for a few years while measuring their students' test gains is simply not true.

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My Facebook Status Updates for 2009

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Chrysler, George W. Bush, Malcolm Gladwell, Facebook, Brian Williams, Caroline Kennedy, Marley & Me, Iphone, Joe Scarborough, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Jay Leno, Rick Warren, Levi Johnston, New York Times, Coldplay, Scooter Libby, Bristol Palin, New Year's Commentary, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Andy can't believe that shoe almost hit Rick Warren. Andy doesn't think Caroline Kennedy is qualified to replace Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense, but doesn't blame her for asking.

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The Spirit of Invention

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Invention, Holiday Traditions, Holiday Cooking, Malcolm Gladwell, Gender Roles, Family, The Inner Life, The Balanced Life, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Through a collective desire to invent what had not been invented before, I had been given the chance to identify how old assumptions carry the power to limit the present.

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The Zen of Dating

Michael Sigman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Outliers, Internet Dating, Relationships, Malcolm Gladwell, Buddhism, Dating, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Romance, match.com, Living News
Michael Sigman

Before God created match.com, single people used to get fixed up by their friends. That way, in addition to romantic disappointment when it didn't work out, you could be mad at your friend too.

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Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype

Don McNay | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Gurney Norman, Civil Rights Movement, Obama Appalachia, Poverty, Blink, Kentucky Cycle, Outliers, Prejudice, Bob Dylan, Malcolm Gladwell, Civil Rights, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Appalachia, Stereotypes, Harlan County, Tipping Point, Bias, Kentucky, Discrimination, Beverly Hillbilllies, Hillbillies, Peter Frampton, Hogan's Heroes, Harlan, Media News
Don McNay

I would like to see Malcolm Gladwell test his theory about Southerners being more prone to violence than Northerners.

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Culture Builds Character and Connections

Danny Groner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Outliers, The Pages in Between, Relationships, Erin Einhorn, Books, Tenement Museum, Malcolm Gladwell, This American Life, Barnes and Noble, Culture, Living News
Danny Groner

Gladwell discusses the factors that helped some of the most successful people achieve what they have. He posits that nurture matters exceedingly more than nature.

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Malcolm Gladwell, Geek Pop Star, On Why We Have Little Control Over Our Success

New York Magazine | Jason Zengerle | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Media News

I don't really think of myself as an outlier. It's a Friday afternoon in mid-October, one month before his new book about incredibly successful peopl...

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What the Hell, Malcolm Gladwell

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Success, Women, Oprah Winfrey, Books, Sexism, Media, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

Could it be that Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, which examines extraordinary achievers, does not include a single woman?

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Never Again! No More Focus Groups Please!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc Democratic Debate, C-Span, Nate Silver, Focus Groups, NBC News, Presidential Debates 2008, Commission on Presidential Debates, CBS News, Fox News, ABC Debate, CNN Debate, Blink-182, Presidential Debates, Malcolm Gladwell, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

As we watch the debates on CNN, we too are influenced by the response lines, and after the debate is over, the influence of these small groups increases disproportionately.

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How the Obama "Hope" Poster Reached a Tipping Point and Became a Cultural Phenomenon: An Interview With the Artist Shepard Fairey

Ben Arnon | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Art, Hope, Tipping Point, 2008 Presidential Race, Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey, Yosi Sergant, Malcolm Gladwell, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Political Art, 2008 Presidential Election, Street Art, Politics News
Ben Arnon

"I think what then happened was that there were a lot of people who were digging Obama but they didn't have any way to symbolically show their support."

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That Look On Her Face

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Couric Interview, Palin Couric Russia, Malcolm Gladwell, Sarah Palin Henry Kissinger United Nations, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jane Smiley

Many in the liberal blogosphere are beginning to feel sorry for Sarah Palin, but I don't think we should go there, even for a moment.

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Both Obama and McCain Are 'Gladwellian' Candidates

Lionel Beehner | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blink, John McCain, Obama, Malcolm Gladwell, Mccain, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

The question for voters: Do you favor a president who flies by the seat of his pants, or one who carefully mulls over every footnote of every policy paper and listens to every opinion in the room?

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Mysteries, etc.

The Montauk Monster | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Mysteries, Montauk, Monster, Malcolm Gladwell, Montauk Monster, Monster Montauk, Monster of Montauk, The Montauk Monster, Green News
The Montauk Monster

Oh dear, this has been such a hilarious and terrible day for me. I came to the beach for the same reason we all come to the beach: for sun, surf, and ...

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Election Selection: Precocity or Mastery -- Which Will Voters Choose?

Ruth Sherman | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pablo Picasso, Malcolm Gladwell, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Paul Cezanne, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ruth Sherman

When did we give up on selecting the Cezannes, Fleetwood Macs and, yes, Hillary Clintons of the world? Why have we lost patience with those whose genius takes longer to blossom?

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The Cliff Floyd Factor: Something Bill James Can't Measure

Dave Hollander | Posted 06.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, New York Mets, Cliff Floyd, Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball, Florida Marlins, Bill James, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Malcolm Gladwell, Entertainment News
Dave Hollander

Wherever Cliff Floyd goes, his teams win. Not only do they win, they turnaround. It's as if before Floyd got there not only weren't they winning but his teams appeared to have little idea how to win.

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Real Artists Ship

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Strategy, Grassroots, Innovation, Inventions, Business, Malcolm Gladwell, Patents, Myhrvold, Microsoft, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

Whichever innovation guru you read, you won't find references to customers. But nothing compares to the creativity that could come from consumers if companies only knew how to talk to them.

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New Business Gurus Come From Psychology, Journalism, Executive Ranks

Wall Street Journal | Erin White | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, Bill Gates, Gary Hamel, Business Gurus, Wall Street Journal Business Gurus, Business News

The guru game is changing. Psychologists, journalists and celebrity chief executives crowd the top of a ranking of influential business thinkers comp...

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Colbert's Civil Rights MLK Day Writer's Strike-Busting Writerless Show — In Song

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Stephen Colbert's New Black Friend, Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen Colbert, Andrew Young, James Colbert, Media News

Stephen Colbert is a great entertainer, but the reason he has resonated so strongly with audiences particularly during this administration is because ...

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