Malcolmgladwell
One of the best aspects of writing a blog is having to check stories for how they evolve – it allows one to check his assumptions against reality. We hope to do more of these as we publish more stories and, more importantly, as more readers interact with us and share stories and links! In this case, we discuss updates and new developments regarding Wikileaks, Malcolm Gladwell and Nicholas Nassim Taleb.
Great article sent by a reader, who by the way has now sent two great suggestion this year. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about entrepreneurs and how they’re supposedly much more risk-averse than usually assumed. While one can make the usual complaints about Gladwell’s articles (few, carefully selected samples to reach the desired conclusion), the most interesting takeaway is the quest for opportunities with asymmetrical success probabilities.
Underdogs stand a better chance to win when they don’t play by the “rules” – when they innovate. Can’t beat the opponent at his game? Change the game. From a basketball team of 12-yr-old white girls making it to the Nationals to David to Lawrence of Arabia, Malcolm Gladwell’s (long) article at the New Yorker [...]
