MG’s latest book is brilliant - the audible version has set the benchmark in audio books - exquisitely produced and performed - MG’s thesis is compelling - ‘when talking to strangers, exercise restraint and humility’
do me a favor, rogan is no intellectual. He's a geezer who missed out on his 20's, and now has overly mature perspectives on 20's shit, like drugs, and undermature takes on stuff we learnt about in our 20's like science and philosophy.
@@danien37 omg I thought I was the only one that felt this way. This is exactly what I find so weird about him, all his fascination with DMT and aliens, and complete inanity on AI and climate change.
Kind of surprised to see there is an artist (Andy Leek) with a project Notes to Strangers and Gladwell with his book Talking to Strangers and that neither of them mentions that the concept behind each (in fact the most perfect mix of the two) was already approached by an off Venice Biennale artist over 20 years ago. Talking to strangers by Jill Mercedes of which only a very few copies seem to be on offer.
In talking to "us"...as strangers...he convinces us to buy his book...of the fairly obvious...which I'm ok with...because I like MG. He's quite convincing...and that's ok.
MAlcolm is up there in thought provoking and perspective changing. Few do it better with an ease that makes me want to understand to a positive result.
This is why I now tell myself that regardless of how I "read" or "feel" people, if I have to and it's contextually appropriate, engage them positively and without judgement. I'm naturally and instinctively judgmental, which has impeded my social life immensely. Even if the judgement instinctively occurs keep it's effect at bay for the moment. Usually it will diffuse itself after a successful degree of interaction or at least reform into something more accurate and less fear based. To his point, it is amazing why we are successful as a species to the degree we are considering the degree of potential and actual miscommunication, misunderstanding and haphazard listening and thinking that we do.
Alex Goslar Blink is life changing. Easy read. His writing style is a pleasure to enjoy. I like the second read for better understanding as I rush through his books the first time. I am bad.
I do not agree with the notion that the police officer read Sandra Bland's distress as danger, in the video he appears to fuel her distress with his responses, responses one would not expect from a trained officer. I mean he is trained to preserve the peace, disturbing it is unbecoming.
@@AskAW did you watch the video? He pulled her out of a vehicle because she did not put out her cigarette. What a valuable service he was providing to the community
Joseph Dakadzwi thank you!! That whole situation was ridiculously suspect at so many levels. This is where I tend to part with MG. He also, in a previous book, described the Amadou Dialo (sp) shooting as if it was misunderstood instead of what it was: a case of police brutality.
On his last point about Julia: in my experience, you should almost always believe someone when they say you'd make a great fit with another person professionally. When the perspective of someone you trust goes against all of your own bias, it's a good sign that your bias needs to be re-examined. Anecdotally, my closest writing partner rolled up to our first meeting in hipster garb on a fixed gear bike and began talking about Whole Foods, soon after rolling his own cigarettes. I told the woman who said we'd be a perfect team that I would forever question her judgement after that. Weeks later, we were inseparable and fed off of our differences to have the most fun and productive partnership I've had in my entire career.
I can see why this book would appeal to people who don’t believe that evil exists, or those who don’t believe that there are people out there with malignant intentions. This book gives those people a rational and a more digestible interpretation of events. Because it makes more sense to them that it was miscommunication rather than evil that led to a particular incident
As opposed to the evil villain twirling his mustache in the movies? Or maybe you mean the Judeo-Christian Prince of Darkness? I challenge you to define "evil" any better than theists have defined "god"
From my perspective: 1) she would have been on her way if she had complied like a white lady would have. Because she thought she was being oppressed and disrespected, she stood up for herself instead of complying, and get herself arrested. 2)when she went to jail, she thought she had a bunch of people who had her back and she would be all good; when she realized that all the people she thought had her back were all talk, and nobody was coming to get her out of jail, she lost hope and killed herself. This is my answer to your question. I am sure you will not agree, which shows how the case is about people with different perspectives. :) QED
@greenapplepear the officer is representing the state in this encounter. Police represent the state in their exercise and invocation of the law. The emphasis on his individuality here is obfuscation.
While I am generally a fan, He is NOT CORRECT about social media. Many positive movements that would have been prematurely squelched have survived and thrived and caught fire and resulted in necessary action because of the direct access to social media. Corporations fully understand the power of a social media backlash or call to action.
Isn't he impressive. The media certainly convinced me that Amanda Knox was far from innocent - may I be forgiven. We really do need to take what we hear from the media and from the politicians we support with a huge pinch of salt. I have now bought the audiobook. Thanks for this, Penguin.
Richard Foran the book says that it was the layabout guy who’d gone with them to their apartment. I can’t remember his name but it’s given- but not Amanda’s boyfriend. The media are very much to blame for not putting the record straight. I had no idea of the truth but just went along with everyone’s dislike of Amanda Knox.
@@elainemagson213 the "layabout guy", Rudy Guede, has a compelling case for his innocence. The case is far from resolved. Just because you believed something false doesn't mean something else is true. Reason harder.
Speaking of Egypt during the Arab spring, I was there before and after, Facebook gave the Egyptians the allusion that they had a voice and were united. As a consequence, everyone is worse off, the economy tanked and inflation has devoured the poor.
Speaking of South Africa, social media provided a necessary means of day to day organisation during protest that led to many significant and necessary changes in higher education and a growth of real community and leadership. Let's hear from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Occupy next...
Malcolm, are you saying that middle class white girls are completely incapable of murder ?(this is what he seems to imply when talking about Amanda Knox). I am flummoxed. I don't know if she was guilty, but I do know that Amanda and her boyfriend, who had the reputation of being slovenly, did an amazing cleaning job that took hours to do, shortly after the girls murder.
I’m American and have lived in the US for all of my 59 years and never knew Americans were enthralled by the British. I guess it’s good to learn something new.
What he finds « interesting» would often be thought cringeworthy by many, including myself. The ability to withdraw from sensitivity to cruelty or abuse in order to analyse it is itself a troubling phenomenon. I am not sure what to draw from this uneasiness I feel here. Perhaps not understanding what horrifies us is not so much a weakness as an obstacle in combatting it.
Why would someone who has just successfully completed a job interview, with a caring supportive family, being held in police custody for essentially nothing kill themselves unless they were being so horrible mistreated that they were essentially driven to it and that's still murder not suicide. I used to think Gladwell had some insight but now I have serious doubts.
His premise doesn’t address your point because he goes in a different direction. He is attempting to explain the importance understanding empathy, cultural differences, motives, prejudices and unbiased assumptions. While I don’t agree with some of his opinions, his book may help those who are not familiar with the justice system and individuals who have a tendency to prejudge. It’s not my favorite book, but it is thought provoking.
The default to suspicion and coupling bits were really interesting. Couldn't stop myself from posting a video on it. :-) Let me know if any of you get the time to watch it.
@Bill Whittaker I do hear you. Noam Chomsky charges nothing for some talks he does. There is a charm in the genius of certain scholars and their idiosyncrasies. Like the mumbled declarations followed by long pauses of silence and giggles of Eckart or the painful monotony and frantic sketching on the over head projector with his pack of 10 different coloured pens of Edward De Bono. Or the sleep inducing speech of Noam Chomsky. 23:30-23:40 I would prefer to read Gladwell’s work (and unlike all my friends, I could listen to De Bono for hours) It’s a rhythmic thing. Gladwell is too jerky and sporadic and loud then quiet for me.
michael brown tried to grab the cops gun in ferguson, the black woman driver in TX refused to obey the cop - you may want to get your info from other than the bbc
", the black woman driver in TX refused to obey the cop - you may want to get your info from other than the bbc" Did you even read the book? Brian Encinia escalated the situation unnecessarily because he assumed Sandra Bland was a potentially violent criminal, rather than someone going through a difficult point in their life and already in debt due to trivial traffic tops.
i do talk to strangers with an open mind, but that sometimes, only sometimes, backfires: somehow my being open gives the other person the wrong idea (men) and later I regret it even though it wasn’t my fault or was it? so my question is how can i still stay openminded and be okay with talking to strangers when certain bad experiences tell you not to? getting out of our comfort zone is a risky business
E.H.K it was only your fault in that you didn’t think about it from their point of view or expect it from assumptions on “how men think”. But honestly, your level and breadth of thinking will decrease if you exert time and energy on monitoring what others may think. Thats why sometimes women use heuristics like preferring to talk to men in the company of other people, men who are religious... I think women sometimes have to come on very strongly as very interested in some topic at a level that is socially not acceptable for a man with no other context to recognize her as a woman with thoughts rather than a potential romantic/sexual interest.
Casting systemic biased hiring, training, and promotion practices of police departments with respect to anti-black racism and its consequent assaults to be merely miscommunication between strangers seems pretty apologetic to the system. Nonetheless, it does inform a path to improving recruiting and training profiles and; going forward, does demonstrates the importance of diversity in expanding the "social language" of institutions.
Could it be that Julia was genuinely not a good fit but that we adapt to the things we don’t like over time. No one likes beer or avocado in their first 100 tastes but at the end you kind of can’t live without.
I used to like him more . But recently I think hes is attempting to be too edgy and can be dismissive. Some of these stories do not fit the theme. Now I read his books with a big grain of salt. Hes still an entertaining story teller most of the time.
it rubbed me the wrong way too. He is falling for the young white female= innocent rhethoric. the details and the evidence of the case were much more compelling than he is portraying.
@@okcthulhu8674 does he also details how harmless (cause she is a white female) amanda and the bf accused the innocent black guy of committing the murder?
For the pun-loving Gladwell readers, here‘s a shirt that might get you talking to strangers... 😂 teespring.com/i-m-glad-you-re-well?pid=379&sid=front&cid=100091
He says Sandra Bland hanged herself, and leaves it at that? Not that there were suspicious circumstances, and skepticism? Or, it that just a teaser for the book?
He is naive in thinking the police thought Bland was dangerous. They always say that any time they use force on is dangerous, and get feared for their lives. That's how they are trained. Does not matter if the person has a gun or if they are unarmed and shot in the back. Same story, "I was scared", so I beat or shot them.
I love Malcolm's novel and thought provoking perspectives and his meticulous in-depth research behind his writing. That makes two glaring errors I found all the more puzzling how they got in there. They're both aviation related, so as a pilot they jumped out at me...but shouldn't have to be a pilot to catch these. I admit neither undermines the point being made, but they make me wonder how little he understands about basic aviation and how careful he and his editors are with other facts: One is on page 53 of "Talking to Strangers": He refers to "single engine Cessna Skymasters" aircraft. They're twin engine and so unique as twin engine (one in front, one in back) that anyone with even the slightest familiarity with aircraft would know that. The other is in his book "The Bomber Mafia." On page 129 he's talking about a flight of overloaded B-29 bombers on Tinian island in the Marianas in 1944. They're ready to takeoff on a critical bombing mission over Japan. But they can't takeoff because the needed "an unusually strong tailwind blowing down the runway" to be able to. I read that and my WFT light went on. WRONG. They needed unusually strong headwind. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of flight or had even watched a movie of carrier takeoffs and noticed they always turn into the wind for launching would know that. Take off with a tailwind is a basic aviation no-no, let alone with an overloaded aircraft. How did this slip by? Puzzled.
I have Asperger’s and don’t look at people in their eyes. A cop reading body language would interpret that as a sign of lying. In addition, I also have a familial paulsy which appears to be nervousness, a sign I may be doing something I shouldn’t be. When dealing with cops, I’m aware how they tend to analyze things and don’t act resentful, just address their concerns. Some of those people who were suspicious of Madoff and invested knew that if they were able to get their investment out of the scheme early, they would have their original investment and profit. This is one reason there are clawbacks. But clawbacks often only go back so far. In the Ferguson situation Brown had just robbed a store which was unknown to the cop, but Brown knew it. He attacked the cop and tried to take his gun, so guess what happened when the cop feared he was coming back. Sandra Bland committed suicide in jail. She was found to have had a tremendous amount of THC in her body. It is possible seeing the cop, she decided to eat her Marijuana stash to keep it from being found. Maybe she was having withdrawals and killed herself. The police officer did not follow procedure.
Snoop dog the rapper would also have a high THC content, and he's yet to committed suicide! You're making claims which have no basis in fact. There's no evidence that THC causes withdrawal symptoms which then leads to suicides.
@@suavedistributors9295 It appears to effect some people. And in addition, there are people who have mental conditions of which they are self-treating with Marijuana to deaden their pain. Going off of it means the pain comes back. So the person may face both the return of mental pain and withdrawal effects at the same time. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414724/#b12-sar-8-009 Characteristics of Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms Considering the cannabis research of the last 20 years,12,13,16,18-20,31 there was no doubt that cessation of heavy or prolonged cannabis use is most likely followed by typical symptoms, such as irritability nervousness/anxiety sleep difficulty decreased appetite or weight loss depressed mood one of the following physical symptoms such as abdominal pain, shakiness/tremors, sweating, fever, chills, or headache.
Wow! Your facts about each incident are wrong.Furguson police department has since come out and stated the Mike Broen didn't rob a store. Most people do not think Sandra killed herself but was infact killed with a zip tie put around her neck while in her in her cell. Please do not believe everything you initially hear reported on t.v
@@76shian Provide a link that the Ferguson Police said he didn't rob the store. Since you said "most people think," you must mean you don't have any proof.
The truth is...being raised in East Ontario makes you a bit of a naive fool, when it comes to talking to strangers, these days. It may be fine in East Ontario, but taliking to strangers in the USA can too-often land you in a body-bag. Words to the wise: trust in the Lord, but tie up your camel at night...
I think he meant to use the word “cannibalize” somewhere in that sentence instead of “substitutive,” which, nah...not a word. Think it’s about 16:20 in or so.
Wonder if MG actually enjoys the attention. Some people like to talk to a large group and some wrote a book then went into a hole. I’ve read all his books and passed them on to friends.
Some excellent observations he makes but way way off about social media. If he thinks the only beneficial effect of Twitter is occasional amusement than I'm afraid something has caused him to miss its profound effect of global connectivity between civillian to civilian up to and including world leaders. No, I can honestly say to Mr. Gladwell that for all his intellect he has missed a watershed in human development as great, and to me obviously greater, than had by the effect of printing the written word 500 years ago.
NobleDesignMedia I am triggered by this comment. Printing of the word increased the depth of readily available knowledge for mankind. It exponentially increased the rate of industrialisation, technological advancement and quality of education in every field. It put man on the moon. Social media as you said does allow communication between anyone and everyone. However unlike printing it is instantaneous. Meaning the content communicated is not as well thought out, its often whimsical and viscerally reactive. As explained in the video our first impressions/ assumptions are often wrong as they are untested. Social media facilitates propaganda, individual self marketing, incomplete ideas and unsubstantiated claims. Often at the detriment of due process and well thought out, tried and tested theory. Theres a reason the themes in novels, plays & non fiction books last for centuries and twitter topics trend for a few months. Its the thought that is put into each body of work. Comparing printing of the word to social media is like comparing the creation of fire to a George foremen grill. Edit: grammar.
NobleDesignMedia I was an early adopter of social media. I dropped FB, Insta and Twitter in 2016. Not missed it at all. You can still use the internet without using social media. Social media is a massive time sink and very very noisy. Obviously your mileage may vary but that has been my experience.
I need to disagree on the Amanda Knox's case though. "Reading books" about it can't make you an expert on the case. See the interviews with her and the countless documentaries, and then make your conclusions.
"You get all of the pain and none of the joy." - Why it isn't a self help book. But his advice on hiring an assistant and sticking with an editor is so incredibly wise! He really should do a self-help book to go along side it. We really shouldn't let someone's charisma dictate what we think their quality of work will be. I'm annoying AF to my fellow employees, because I am brutal on feedback and hammering home my points so they stop screwing up, but I only need them to not kill me and stick around long enough to see the impact they are making by sticking to the quality guidelines. Then, they won't need me in their face, because I will have settled in their ear.
If he did a self help book, he'd need an additional 50 - 75 pages to provide you with the remedy. He's an investigative journalist who tells stories. He's also leaving money on the table for the next author who would like to provide a solution.
Michael Brown shooting should not even be mentioned if you’re talking about police shootings! He was actively assaulting a police officer. Not much controversy in it.
@@elky360 Don't get what? Are you implying that I'm too stupid to understand the complex logic that you comprehend? Let me remind you that the essence of genius is simplicity. Einstein may have filled 6 blackboards with equations, but in the end he boiled it all down to just 3 letters! That, my dear man, is genius. And Gladwell had his "10K hours" and so forth. But hasn't he been resting on his laurels a bit lately?
Research. It's the sort of research that he does that is fascinating to me. The bibliography of his books, the footnotes--you can access his research for yourself and find out for yourself the messy data and decide if he's adequately represented the data or if his conclusions are way off base. Currently, I'm in love with bibliographies.
Early in the speech...Malcom mentions four identities...his AA identity is most prevelant. Made an exaggerated statement about "inappropriate" police interactions between police and AA teens. Make Facts Great Again!
I stopped watching when Gladwell got to Amanda Knox who he says with such certainty is innocent. For anyone who has done even a modicum of investigation into the case they would know that is a whole mountain of evidence against her.
@@bleepbloop6234 Pretty sure he hasn't. After reading your comment I went back and reheard (at about 8:00) what Gladwell said about Knox and it's so over the top and one-sided that he sounds like Donald Trump who contributed heavily to the Knox defense fund because he, Trump, said he could tell she was innocent just by looking at her. I've lost a lot of respect for Gladwell whom I've greatly admired in the past.
@@bleepbloop6234 "grotesque miscarriage of justice" is what Gladwell calls what happened to Amanda Knox. Yet Alan Dershowitz says that there are thousands of Americans sitting in prison today convicted of murder on far less evidence than what was used to convict Knox.
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I love gladwell. I could listen to him all day.
MG’s latest book is brilliant - the audible version has set the benchmark in audio books - exquisitely produced and performed - MG’s thesis is compelling - ‘when talking to strangers, exercise restraint and humility’
Always good to see a new book from MG. Let's get him on a Joe Rogan podcast!
do me a favor, rogan is no intellectual. He's a geezer who missed out on his 20's, and now has overly mature perspectives on 20's shit, like drugs, and undermature takes on stuff we learnt about in our 20's like science and philosophy.
David Peters The Malcolm
Gladwell podcast is excellent. Better than Rogan. Thought provoking and great story telling. Revisionist History.
@@danien37 omg I thought I was the only one that felt this way. This is exactly what I find so weird about him, all his fascination with DMT and aliens, and complete inanity on AI and climate change.
YESSIR!!
Rogan is a fan of Gladwell. He references Malcolm's book Blink quite often.
Kind of surprised to see there is an artist (Andy Leek) with a project Notes to Strangers and Gladwell with his book Talking to Strangers and that neither of them mentions that the concept behind each (in fact the most perfect mix of the two) was already approached by an off Venice Biennale artist over 20 years ago. Talking to strangers by Jill Mercedes of which only a very few copies seem to be on offer.
An interesting person. And so happy to see that he’s still learning and growing. A great researcher and storyteller🍻❤️
I love his take on recruitment strategy, taking out the bias. I will even go as far as deleting their names, address and school.
In talking to "us"...as strangers...he convinces us to buy his book...of the fairly obvious...which I'm ok with...because I like MG. He's quite convincing...and that's ok.
MAlcolm is up there in thought provoking and perspective changing. Few do it better with an ease that makes me want to understand to a positive result.
Just finished this book today. It was an eye opener. Highly recommended 👌🏾
Absolute pleasure listening to this guy
He is one the best thinkers of our times
This is why I now tell myself that regardless of how I "read" or "feel" people, if I have to and it's contextually appropriate, engage them positively and without judgement. I'm naturally and instinctively judgmental, which has impeded my social life immensely. Even if the judgement instinctively occurs keep it's effect at bay for the moment. Usually it will diffuse itself after a successful degree of interaction or at least reform into something more accurate and less fear based. To his point, it is amazing why we are successful as a species to the degree we are considering the degree of potential and actual miscommunication, misunderstanding and haphazard listening and thinking that we do.
It's great that at least you can acknowledge and see how innately judgemental you are. Self-awareness is key.
The tipping point is always on my mind.
Alex Goslar
Blink is life changing. Easy read. His writing style is a pleasure to enjoy.
I like the second read for better understanding as I rush through his books the first time. I am bad.
I do not agree with the notion that the police officer read Sandra Bland's distress as danger, in the video he appears to fuel her distress with his responses, responses one would not expect from a trained officer. I mean he is trained to preserve the peace, disturbing it is unbecoming.
Absolutely. That police officer knowingly created the entire situation. I don't believe she committed suicide
Malcolm Gladwell researched the case, read the books, published a book.
Are you saying you disagree with him because you watched the video?
@@AskAW did you watch the video? He pulled her out of a vehicle because she did not put out her cigarette. What a valuable service he was providing to the community
Joseph Dakadzwi thank you!! That whole situation was ridiculously suspect at so many levels. This is where I tend to part with MG. He also, in a previous book, described the Amadou Dialo (sp) shooting as if it was misunderstood instead of what it was: a case of police brutality.
@@AskAW Hitler also published a book. ;)
On his last point about Julia: in my experience, you should almost always believe someone when they say you'd make a great fit with another person professionally. When the perspective of someone you trust goes against all of your own bias, it's a good sign that your bias needs to be re-examined.
Anecdotally, my closest writing partner rolled up to our first meeting in hipster garb on a fixed gear bike and began talking about Whole Foods, soon after rolling his own cigarettes. I told the woman who said we'd be a perfect team that I would forever question her judgement after that. Weeks later, we were inseparable and fed off of our differences to have the most fun and productive partnership I've had in my entire career.
Kinda just sounds like you're close minded, xenophobic and prejudiced sir
This man is too brilliant. What a mind to watch 👏🏻
I can see why this book would appeal to people who don’t believe that evil exists, or those who don’t believe that there are people out there with malignant intentions.
This book gives those people a rational and a more digestible interpretation of events.
Because it makes more sense to them that it was miscommunication rather than evil that led to a particular incident
As opposed to the evil villain twirling his mustache in the movies? Or maybe you mean the Judeo-Christian Prince of Darkness? I challenge you to define "evil" any better than theists have defined "god"
pas9ify - if you don’t get it you don’t get it hun.x
I like your thoughts about Social Media. Right on!
Great book,Great Author
Very fascinating book, I enjoyed it very much and made me think.
How is the case of Sandra Bland about people with different perspectives as opposed to a typical expression of the white-supremacist state?
From my perspective:
1) she would have been on her way if she had complied like a white lady would have. Because she thought she was being oppressed and disrespected, she stood up for herself instead of complying, and get herself arrested.
2)when she went to jail, she thought she had a bunch of people who had her back and she would be all good; when she realized that all the people she thought had her back were all talk, and nobody was coming to get her out of jail, she lost hope and killed herself.
This is my answer to your question. I am sure you will not agree, which shows how the case is about people with different perspectives. :)
QED
ItHadToBeSaid read the book. He explains it beautifully...
@greenapplepear the officer is representing the state in this encounter. Police represent the state in their exercise and invocation of the law. The emphasis on his individuality here is obfuscation.
@greenapplepear straw man.
Well, the US is a white-supremacist state and always has been, and the police are agents of the state, so...
While I am generally a fan, He is NOT CORRECT about social media. Many positive movements that would have been prematurely squelched have survived and thrived and caught fire and resulted in necessary action because of the direct access to social media. Corporations fully understand the power of a social media backlash or call to action.
Isn't he impressive. The media certainly convinced me that Amanda Knox was far from innocent - may I be forgiven. We really do need to take what we hear from the media and from the politicians we support with a huge pinch of salt. I have now bought the audiobook. Thanks for this, Penguin.
Richard Foran the book says that it was the layabout guy who’d gone with them to their apartment. I can’t remember his name but it’s given- but not Amanda’s boyfriend. The media are very much to blame for not putting the record straight. I had no idea of the truth but just went along with everyone’s dislike of Amanda Knox.
@@elainemagson213 the "layabout guy", Rudy Guede, has a compelling case for his innocence. The case is far from resolved. Just because you believed something false doesn't mean something else is true. Reason harder.
Italy is a beautiful country, but I'm pretty sure they don't think too fondly of Americans & misogyny is rampant.
An outsider from birth, never conforming to any standards ; a man with 4 identities
Speaking of Egypt during the Arab spring, I was there before and after, Facebook gave the Egyptians the allusion that they had a voice and were united. As a consequence, everyone is worse off, the economy tanked and inflation has devoured the poor.
Speaking of South Africa, social media provided a necessary means of day to day organisation during protest that led to many significant and necessary changes in higher education and a growth of real community and leadership. Let's hear from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Occupy next...
Malcolm, are you saying that middle class white girls are completely incapable of murder ?(this is what he seems to imply when talking about Amanda Knox). I am flummoxed. I don't know if she was guilty, but I do know that Amanda and her boyfriend, who had the reputation of being slovenly, did an amazing cleaning job that took hours to do, shortly after the girls murder.
Could the questions being asked be written in text along the bottom?
We really miss out not knowing what is being asked.
Imagine reading a book about COVID-19 by Malcolm Gladwell........ That's what i'm looking forward to
I’m American and have lived in the US for all of my 59 years and never knew Americans were enthralled by the British. I guess it’s good to learn something new.
Some are, some aren't. The ones who weren't won a war against them a couple of centuries ago. . .
Considering 4 of 5 homicides are by murderers known to the victim: those known are far more dangerous than strangers.
What he finds « interesting» would often be thought cringeworthy by many, including myself. The ability to withdraw from sensitivity to cruelty or abuse in order to analyse it is itself a troubling phenomenon. I am not sure what to draw from this uneasiness I feel here. Perhaps not understanding what horrifies us is not so much a weakness as an obstacle in combatting it.
Why would someone who has just successfully completed a job interview, with a caring supportive family, being held in police custody for essentially nothing kill themselves unless they were being so horrible mistreated that they were essentially driven to it and that's still murder not suicide. I used to think Gladwell had some insight but now I have serious doubts.
His premise doesn’t address your point because he goes in a different direction. He is attempting to explain the importance understanding empathy, cultural differences, motives, prejudices and unbiased assumptions. While I don’t agree with some of his opinions, his book may help those who are not familiar with the justice system and individuals who have a tendency to prejudge. It’s not my favorite book, but it is thought provoking.
How many people do the police kill for no reason? Especially in the US. Hundreds a year? It's easy to understand.
He is adorable. 😍
If you're gonna video a talk, then for god's sake make sure you have mikes for the question answerers at the end. So irritating.
I read this book, and I am still confused about how I should behave because of it. I am just not sure.
pre-ordered on Audible!
sailorbychoice1 Same.
One of the most intelligent men in the world. Enjoy his books and podcast.
Very interesting point of view...I need to read this book🤔
One word, brilliant.
I kinda wish we got more of the intro host. Holy smoke show!!!!
One word " Gorgeous "
Recruiters and human resources people must update their knowledge.
The default to suspicion and coupling bits were really interesting. Couldn't stop myself from posting a video on it. :-) Let me know if any of you get the time to watch it.
Tried to play unrelated music on a discord bot and it played this entire talk instead. Pretty good stuff though, your book seems cool!
He’s a great writer (talking is not his thing)
I love his style.
@Bill Whittaker
I do hear you.
Noam Chomsky charges nothing for some talks he does.
There is a charm in the genius of certain scholars and their idiosyncrasies. Like the mumbled declarations followed by long pauses of silence and giggles of Eckart or the painful monotony and frantic sketching on the over head projector with his pack of 10 different coloured pens of Edward De Bono. Or the sleep inducing speech of Noam Chomsky.
23:30-23:40 I would prefer to read Gladwell’s work (and unlike all my friends, I could listen to De Bono for hours)
It’s a rhythmic thing. Gladwell is too jerky and sporadic and loud then quiet for me.
What? He has a top ranking, award winning podcast, and had the most viewed ted talk for nearly a decade, and it was on sauce
I'm nine minutes in, and I'm not buying Gladwell's unifying thesis that all these chapters are about the "same" thing.
I'm only eight minutes in and pretty sure this guy is in love with his own voice.
This is the second Rider who when speaking uses the idiosyncrasy umm.umm.
Writer. Anyway it's just annoying.
Some think Twitter is useful to get live video out of events otherwise left covered up, in countries where reporters are controlled or restricted.
He should be the interpreter in his audio books!
michael brown tried to grab the cops gun in ferguson, the black woman driver in TX refused to obey the cop - you may want to get your info from other than the bbc
", the black woman driver in TX refused to obey the cop - you may want to get your info from other than the bbc"
Did you even read the book? Brian Encinia escalated the situation unnecessarily because he assumed Sandra Bland was a potentially violent criminal, rather than someone going through a difficult point in their life and already in debt due to trivial traffic tops.
MG doesn't have the facts correct in this example which devalues his argument.
Great book title I gotta read this one
i do talk to strangers with an open mind, but that sometimes, only sometimes, backfires: somehow my being open gives the other person the wrong idea (men) and later I regret it even though it wasn’t my fault or was it? so my question is how can i still stay openminded and be okay with talking to strangers when certain bad experiences tell you not to? getting out of our comfort zone is a risky business
E.H.K it was only your fault in that you didn’t think about it from their point of view or expect it from assumptions on “how men think”. But honestly, your level and breadth of thinking will decrease if you exert time and energy on monitoring what others may think.
Thats why sometimes women use heuristics like preferring to talk to men in the company of other people, men who are religious... I think women sometimes have to come on very strongly as very interested in some topic at a level that is socially not acceptable for a man with no other context to recognize her as a woman with thoughts rather than a potential romantic/sexual interest.
Because we humans are honestly dishonest, body cams and surveillance cameras should be mandatory.
SJA says who?
Casting systemic biased hiring, training, and promotion practices of police departments with respect to anti-black racism and its consequent assaults to be merely miscommunication between strangers seems pretty apologetic to the system. Nonetheless, it does inform a path to improving recruiting and training profiles and; going forward, does demonstrates the importance of diversity in expanding the "social language" of institutions.
Dude, what were you smoking when you wrote that!?
So Julia Rocks
Time spent reading books about Amanda Knox described as "weeks I'll never get back". The irony!
........an example could be the trump/Kim Jong-un conversations. Similar to Neville Chamberlain/Hitler meetings.
If someone asks you for the way keep in mind that he may seek some kind of permission from you.
Could it be that Julia was genuinely not a good fit but that we adapt to the things we don’t like over time. No one likes beer or avocado in their first 100 tastes but at the end you kind of can’t live without.
This dude is great writer
This talk would have been very much more interesting if I knew English.
You'd be surprised.
I used to like him more . But recently I think hes is attempting to be too edgy and can be dismissive.
Some of these stories do not fit the theme. Now I read his books with a big grain of salt. Hes still an entertaining story teller most of the time.
I liked his books years ago, but, like all things you can only say the same thing so many times.
apparently not. and anyway, i think you mean "intelligent people can only hear the same things so many times", which is quite different in 2 aspects
Brilliant.
Did he ghostwrite "Run and Get Rich! Expect Great Things"?
Must have done. What does that Shawn Moore know?
How did he conclude that Amanda Knox was innocent? Evil can often look very innocent.
it rubbed me the wrong way too. He is falling for the young white female= innocent rhethoric. the details and the evidence of the case were much more compelling than he is portraying.
@@okcthulhu8674 does he also details how harmless (cause she is a white female) amanda and the bf accused the innocent black guy of committing the murder?
For the pun-loving Gladwell readers, here‘s a shirt that might get you talking to strangers... 😂
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People definitely play down identity in the UK, unless in safe company. If not people avoid you like a dog rolled in shit.
He says Sandra Bland hanged herself, and leaves it at that? Not that there were suspicious circumstances, and skepticism? Or, it that just a teaser for the book?
he's assuming that if you give a shit, you know about Sandra Bland already.
He is a business man. We know what happened.
I personally think it's crazy that this book had to be made.
But...deception has always been intriguing and there is no end to it.
take a drink every time he says um or ah.....
And thank heavens you dont speak that way...🤔 enjoy your drinking..,..
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Did you look at Lindy?
He is naive in thinking the police thought Bland was dangerous. They always say that any time they use force on is dangerous, and get feared for their lives. That's how they are trained. Does not matter if the person has a gun or if they are unarmed and shot in the back. Same story, "I was scared", so I beat or shot them.
I love Malcolm's novel and thought provoking perspectives and his meticulous in-depth research behind his writing. That makes two glaring errors I found all the more puzzling how they got in there. They're both aviation related, so as a pilot they jumped out at me...but shouldn't have to be a pilot to catch these. I admit neither undermines the point being made, but they make me wonder how little he understands about basic aviation and how careful he and his editors are with other facts: One is on page 53 of "Talking to Strangers": He refers to "single engine Cessna Skymasters" aircraft. They're twin engine and so unique as twin engine (one in front, one in back) that anyone with even the slightest familiarity with aircraft would know that.
The other is in his book "The Bomber Mafia." On page 129 he's talking about a flight of overloaded B-29 bombers on Tinian island in the Marianas in 1944. They're ready to takeoff on a critical bombing mission over Japan. But they can't takeoff because the needed "an unusually strong tailwind blowing down the runway" to be able to. I read that and my WFT light went on. WRONG. They needed unusually strong headwind. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of flight or had even watched a movie of carrier takeoffs and noticed they always turn into the wind for launching would know that. Take off with a tailwind is a basic aviation no-no, let alone with an overloaded aircraft. How did this slip by? Puzzled.
Father's in America, Malcombob
I have Asperger’s and don’t look at people in their eyes. A cop reading body language would interpret that as a sign of lying. In addition, I also have a familial paulsy which appears to be nervousness, a sign I may be doing something I shouldn’t be. When dealing with cops, I’m aware how they tend to analyze things and don’t act resentful, just address their concerns.
Some of those people who were suspicious of Madoff and invested knew that if they were able to get their investment out of the scheme early, they would have their original investment and profit. This is one reason there are clawbacks. But clawbacks often only go back so far.
In the Ferguson situation Brown had just robbed a store which was unknown to the cop, but Brown knew it. He attacked the cop and tried to take his gun, so guess what happened when the cop feared he was coming back.
Sandra Bland committed suicide in jail. She was found to have had a tremendous amount of THC in her body. It is possible seeing the cop, she decided to eat her Marijuana stash to keep it from being found. Maybe she was having withdrawals and killed herself. The police officer did not follow procedure.
Snoop dog the rapper would also have a high THC content, and he's yet to committed suicide! You're making claims which have no basis in fact. There's no evidence that THC causes withdrawal symptoms which then leads to suicides.
@@suavedistributors9295
It appears to effect some people.
And in addition, there are people who have mental conditions of which they are self-treating with Marijuana to deaden their pain. Going off of it means the pain comes back.
So the person may face both the return of mental pain and withdrawal effects at the same time.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414724/#b12-sar-8-009
Characteristics of Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms
Considering the cannabis research of the last 20 years,12,13,16,18-20,31 there was no doubt that cessation of heavy or prolonged cannabis use is most likely followed by typical symptoms, such as
irritability
nervousness/anxiety
sleep difficulty
decreased appetite or weight loss
depressed mood
one of the following physical symptoms such as abdominal pain, shakiness/tremors, sweating, fever, chills, or headache.
Wow! Your facts about each incident are wrong.Furguson police department has since come out and stated the Mike Broen didn't rob a store. Most people do not think Sandra killed herself but was infact killed with a zip tie put around her neck while in her in her cell. Please do not believe everything you initially hear reported on t.v
@@76shian Provide a link that the Ferguson Police said he didn't rob the store.
Since you said "most people think," you must mean you don't have any proof.
Google it, honey
Starts at 1:40
the background makes him look like hes in heaven
George Dunbar yeah ok !??
The truth is...being raised in East Ontario makes you a bit of a naive fool, when it comes to talking to strangers, these days. It may be fine in East Ontario, but taliking to strangers in the USA can too-often land you in a body-bag. Words to the wise: trust in the Lord, but tie up your camel at night...
Malcolm would you have dinner with me?
Never thought a human thought like me. Yaayy!
I absolutely love the audiobook best done.
Ooooo he’s so intersectional
What do you mean?
I think he meant to use the word “cannibalize” somewhere in that sentence instead of “substitutive,” which, nah...not a word.
Think it’s about 16:20 in or so.
Substitutive is a word.
@@KConradG Correct!
wrong on Twitter
2023 says Good Call on Twitter or X or whatever it's called now.
Mehn! I'm so drunk on Malcolm's KoolAid. He could sell me anything even urine and I'll buy.
Even purple KoolAid?
Open wide, pretend it’s R Kelly’s secret god of life
Emeka Okolocha I wouldn't expect anything less than a brother from the dark continent 🤔
Wonder if MG actually enjoys the attention. Some people like to talk to a large group and some wrote a book then went into a hole. I’ve read all his books and passed them on to friends.
He really does wish he was American. I’ve never anyone that glorifies the US like he does.
Some excellent observations he makes but way way off about social media. If he thinks the only beneficial effect of Twitter is occasional amusement than I'm afraid something has caused him to miss its profound effect of global connectivity between civillian to civilian up to and including world leaders.
No, I can honestly say to Mr. Gladwell that for all his intellect he has missed a watershed in human development as great, and to me obviously greater, than had by the effect of printing the written word 500 years ago.
NobleDesignMedia I am triggered by this comment.
Printing of the word increased the depth of readily available knowledge for mankind. It exponentially increased the rate of industrialisation, technological advancement and quality of education in every field. It put man on the moon.
Social media as you said does allow communication between anyone and everyone. However unlike printing it is instantaneous. Meaning the content communicated is not as well thought out, its often whimsical and viscerally reactive. As explained in the video our first impressions/ assumptions are often wrong as they are untested. Social media facilitates propaganda, individual self marketing, incomplete ideas and unsubstantiated claims. Often at the detriment of due process and well thought out, tried and tested theory.
Theres a reason the themes in novels, plays & non fiction books last for centuries and twitter topics trend for a few months. Its the thought that is put into each body of work.
Comparing printing of the word to social media is like comparing the creation of fire to a George foremen grill.
Edit: grammar.
NobleDesignMedia I was an early adopter of social media. I dropped FB, Insta and Twitter in 2016. Not missed it at all. You can still use the internet without using social media. Social media is a massive time sink and very very noisy. Obviously your mileage may vary but that has been my experience.
I need to disagree on the Amanda Knox's case though. "Reading books" about it can't make you an expert on the case. See the interviews with her and the countless documentaries, and then make your conclusions.
People i enjoy listening to unfortunately very people watch this type of videos.
This is nothing like 'win friends and influence people'..
"You get all of the pain and none of the joy." - Why it isn't a self help book.
But his advice on hiring an assistant and sticking with an editor is so incredibly wise! He really should do a self-help book to go along side it. We really shouldn't let someone's charisma dictate what we think their quality of work will be. I'm annoying AF to my fellow employees, because I am brutal on feedback and hammering home my points so they stop screwing up, but I only need them to not kill me and stick around long enough to see the impact they are making by sticking to the quality guidelines. Then, they won't need me in their face, because I will have settled in their ear.
If he did a self help book, he'd need an additional 50 - 75 pages to provide you with the remedy.
He's an investigative journalist who tells stories.
He's also leaving money on the table for the next author who would like to provide a solution.
Proof geeks rule the world!
Michael Brown shooting should not even be mentioned if you’re talking about police shootings! He was actively assaulting a police officer. Not much controversy in it.
Just think how strangers feel when Malcolm Gladwell talks to them with his freaky hairdo !!!!!
Leif Johnson Racist much? Obviously you know nothing of African American/African descent hair and think is nice to mock it...
I can't figure out if he is a genius or it's all smoke & mirrors
You don’t get it. Lol
@@elky360 Don't get what? Are you implying that I'm too stupid to understand the complex logic that you comprehend? Let me remind you that the essence of genius is simplicity. Einstein may have filled 6 blackboards with equations, but in the end he boiled it all down to just 3 letters! That, my dear man, is genius. And Gladwell had his "10K hours" and so forth. But hasn't he been resting on his laurels a bit lately?
Research. It's the sort of research that he does that is fascinating to me. The bibliography of his books, the footnotes--you can access his research for yourself and find out for yourself the messy data and decide if he's adequately represented the data or if his conclusions are way off base.
Currently, I'm in love with bibliographies.
Early in the speech...Malcom mentions four identities...his AA identity is most prevelant. Made an exaggerated statement about "inappropriate" police interactions between police and AA teens. Make Facts Great Again!
The play hes talking, is no game, it really does work like that. He's playing american here
We're all human beings. Why be bigoted and racist and segregate into all the social justice armies?
The English are enthralled by New York.
I stopped watching when Gladwell got to Amanda Knox who he says with such certainty is innocent. For anyone who has done even a modicum of investigation into the case they would know that is a whole mountain of evidence against her.
@@bleepbloop6234 Pretty sure he hasn't. After reading your comment I went back and reheard (at about 8:00) what Gladwell said about Knox and it's so over the top and one-sided that he sounds like Donald Trump who contributed heavily to the Knox defense fund because he, Trump, said he could tell she was innocent just by looking at her. I've lost a lot of respect for Gladwell whom I've greatly admired in the past.
@@bleepbloop6234 "grotesque miscarriage of justice" is what Gladwell calls what happened to Amanda Knox. Yet Alan Dershowitz says that there are thousands of Americans sitting in prison today convicted of murder on far less evidence than what was used to convict Knox.
@@bleepbloop6234 Except you care enough to take the time to respond.