Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)

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Introduction

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Who's Malcolm Gladwell?

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Do You Have a Natural Story Teller?

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How to Tell a Story From Your Life

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Are You White?

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The Difference Between West Indian and American Black Culture

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What I've Learned From a Jamaican Poet

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The Black Jamaica Is Not a Powerless Minority

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The Jewish Moment in Sport Is Not Unusual, Right?

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What's Your Take on the Warren Court?

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The Black Critique of Brown Starts With Psychological Research

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The Warren Court Picks the Wrong Research

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Is It You, That's the Problem?

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Higher Education, It's One of Your Passions in Life

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The Endowment Attached to Dunbart Oakes

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Why Aren't They Bringing In?

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Rosenwald Fund

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Are You Really World Class at Harvard?

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I'm Getting the True Scholars, Right?

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How Do You Treat the Faculty?

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Do You Think You're Overspezializing Too Soon?

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The Best Preparation for Something Over Here When You're Very Young

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Are You Overly Competitive Environments Too Early?

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Bard - Is There Exclusivity or Opportunity?

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The World Cannot Be Explored at a Superl University Write

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What Are You Not Doing Enough Of?

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Long Distance Runners Are Not Doing Correctly

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Distance Running Power - Is Japan a Distance Runner?

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The Most Underrated Figure in Popular Music Past Present

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The Jewish Immigrant Experience in America

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What's the Most Underrated John Lacare Novel?

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Are Lacare Novels Gladwellian in Their World of You?

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What's Your Favorite Non Current Movie?

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Do You Still Need More Adventure Celebrities?

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Washington, DC

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New York City

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The One Problem I Have as a Writer Is That I'm Old

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How to Break Out of Bad Intellectual Habits

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I'm an Athlete and I've Changed My Mind Six, Seven Times.

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The Effective Medium for Social Commentary

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Anddaw So Wouth, the Spicer Mpersonation

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The Problem With Saturnight Live Is They're Not Insanivized to Do That Kind of Deep Thinking

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The Panting Papers Controversy

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The Pentagon Papers Controversy

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What a Great Year of the Great Story

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Is It the Last Act in Aa in Ana, an Intellectual Era?

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How to Discover Talent Within Yourself and Others

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Is There a Base for Running Talent?

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How to Identify Students in Education and Small Business Formation

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Are You Self Employed?

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Are You a Riskoverse Person?

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Is It Any Different?

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The Backlash to the Brown Decision

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What's Going on Now in American Life?

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