Humans are easily misled by con men and just as prone to misjudge people who act outside the norm. We really do need to learn to do better, argues the renowned author.
Tag Archives: Malcolm Gladwell
Hillary Clinton, and the case for second
Amidst celebration of the first woman nominee for president, hope for all that comes next
Malcolm Gladwell on the secret power of the underdog
The bestselling author talks to Maclean’s about his big new idea
Nate Silver and the future of media
Colby Cosh on the Sports Guy and the Witch
Everyone’s gone mad
Andrew Coyne on the facile explanations being used to explain the London riots
Newsmakers: June 2-9, 2011
A tiny Wolfe at the bathroom door, a flirty old Castro in Cuba and the Times’ new editor needs her red pen
Off-key in the NHL headshot chorus
A memo to those who are concerned with (hitherto) legal checks to the head in the NHL: I sure hope you’re not just fighting physics. Because you’ll lose.
Is the web’s ‘free’ ride over?
A new book says ‘free’ is the future. Critics say that’s just crazy.
When ‘free’ becomes really expensive
In the age of digital culture, it is not just access to art that has been democratized, but its production as well.
And suddenly I was thinking of Linda Keen
In commercial airlines, captains and first officers split the flying duties equally. But historically, crashes have been far more likely to happen when the captain is in the “flying seat.” At first that seems to make no sense, since the captain is almost always the pilot with the most experience. But…planes are safer when the least experienced pilot is flying, because it means the second pilot isn’t going to be afraid to speak up.