The Hour: Malcolm Gladwell

[bobshwd65]

Nice hair

[kvn89]

im a good soccer player and philosopher cuz im from germany and england.......only reason ill play ball is cuz of the quarter Lithuania

[zimmawoman]

Why are we talking about bill gates when clearly Malcolm Gladwell is the star of the show here..... go comment on a Bill Gates video if you want to talk about him! Gheesh

[kickingtenshi]

LOL 'I'm so much better looking than that rapist!'

in response to the whole 'bill gates is a genius' stuff, I recommend reading the book, just because the actual content isn't as offensive as some people are taking it - it's actually quite compelling. He has that bit on hockey players, and it's the same with computer whizzes - except within a span of 2 or 3 years.

Gladwell isn't saying hard work or innate ability has nothing to do with success - just that luck plays a large role too.

[TonyToniTone05]

he is so true about sterotyping all asians being good at math.

i once tutored this korean kid named dave oh and he was absolutely horrible at math. and if you looked at his deliquent friends who valued smoking pot and acting like mules instead of studying, you can easily understand why he and his friends didn't amount to anything great.

[prashanthaku]

I wonder, how patient he need to be, in order to repeat similar answers to similar questions in various TV shows or programs.... "What is this book about?".

[MissOutlier]

What a great Interview!

[TwiningBlog]

the only thing you can do if unprove a claim, otherwise it stands - that's how it works :)

[velocity246]

Meh....his findings are not all scientifically proven.

[j22downey]

@velocity246

He never claims to provide scientific proof. He isn't doing experiments.

He is providing analysis. Understand the difference between analysis and experimentation.

In addition, he provides references throughout his books to back up his conclusions.

[ac89live]

brilliant man !

[MsAlleykat27]

Hi Georgey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mft1234]

Thank you for posting this.

[JosiahPYoung]

Haha. I love Malcolm.

The Bible isn't about the world ending. It's about Jesus coming back.

[qualm43]

BILL GATES IS NOT LUCKY. He worked his ass off. He had a passion. He sacraficed so much, and took HUGE risks to become what he is today. shame on this author for blaming Gates' success on "luck". I hate that.

[psynema]

no one's saying Gates didn't work hard.

Plenty of people work that hard but don't get into his position becauses on top of Gates working hard, he ALSO got lucky and was born at the right place in the right time.

[NinjaRunningWild]

Luck is being ready for an opportunity when it presents itself. So clearly, Gates was ready when he got an opportunity to program on a local school's computer.

[NinjaRunningWild]

The *other half* of the equation, which you point out (and are absolutely correct on and people should stop rating you down on(dumb)) is that he seized that opportunity *through* action.

[NinjaRunningWild]

IE,He acted on that opportunity continuously.  Enough to get where he is. If he had been lucky and *hadn't* utilized it, he would be joe average schmoe.

[qualm43]

@NinjaRunningWild, the truth is, everybody who lives in the USA has these "opportunities" all around them, but no one has the balls to go out and take the chance on becoming something great. Bill gates dropped out of harvard... if you were smart enough to get into harvard, would you have the guts to drop out to take a chance on your real dream? I highly doubt it.

[NinjaRunningWild]

Well, obviously you're speaking hypothetically and generally since you know nothing about me and I am acting on my dreams. Balls are not an issue. Ayn Rand is a strong proponent of this idea, especially with the character Howard Roark. But, yes, agreed. Most people are candy-asses and give up on their dream due to personal weakness and other people's criticisms. They commit self-betrayal.

[JasonTheMuse]

the host of this show is a complete idiot

[rachellesi]

I don't like being rude

But what he responds/asks is not what Malcom is Talking about. To illustrate Malcom talks about the asian community in Toronto, saying there is change people are exposed to other cultures. And he answers something about in Europe there are also difficulties about integrating other cultures.

[jondrums]

who wants to write a story about how the world's coming to an end?"...."We already have one, its called the bible...." hahaha

Ya, you're right buddy. That book is about how YOUR world is coming to an end. I'll pray tonight for you: hopefully your ignorance doesn't make that statement come true for you.

[hannaremnant]

I find Gladwell very sexy.

[NowThatsLeadership]

I thought this was interesting...Success is not about what the individual does but what is going on around the individual

[caeciliusinhorto]

Fine, very fine, journalist. But poor social scientist.

[jctennis123]

What do you mean?

[anonymolol]

he means he read an article in the new york times reviewing gladwell's "what the dog saw", and is now going around repeating this new "gladwell: fine jounalist, poor social scientist" meme.

[CARIBOU07]

Thank you for posting this video. On "The Hour" website, it continually plays advertisements when you press play, instead of playing one ad then the video. Once again, thanks for posting

Great Book by the way.

[jdaesaorn2012]

i like his books. i went to order the tipping point on amazon because i read the others before it, and is there another book called, "what the dog saw"? I think is said it was going on sale late oct. or something. : /

[psynema]

What the Dog Saw is a actually a compilation of New Yorker articles

[IKNOWALLABOUTALL]

The presenter is of average intellect and the crowd are too loud.

[coolero80]

You mean, "and the croud IS too loud"

talk about average intellect...hehe

[krunchymunchy]

"I am soo much better than that rapist!" lol

[TXRebelOK]

Why when the interviewer asks the God question does Malcolm bring up Bill Gates who is a pronounced atheist? I don't think he answered that question well at all. I mean, he basically says religion comes into play when theres lots of luck involved. But religion is a cultural and community exercise and that seems to have a much bigger impact than the fact that some people need God to explain luck because they don't understand basic statistics.

[sbringe]

I thought it was a fine answer. The fact that Bill Gates is an atheist has no bearing on whether God may have smiled on him or not. God may not only bless those who believe in him.

[TXRebelOK]

But that's not a rational argument. You are committing whats called the Texas sharpshooter fallacy. Think about the lottery - someone it going to win that lottery; that's almost a 100% chance. But the chance that YOU will win is one in a million. So, Bill Gates had all the right mixture (environmental, ambitious, intelligent, etc..) so he won the lottery. But that doesn't mean we have to invoke supernaturalism to explain it. There are billions of people in this world.

[jondrums]

texas sharpshooter fallacy: this world had even a remote chance of being created at anything other than the hands of God. There are billions of planets and "big bang" possibilities in this universe...

[IslamicGoldenAge]

that's a very strange position to hold. You have a world that is unique, profound, and just so obviously fine tuned ... one that is amazing to all ... the intuitive natural explanation is a designer - not blind mindless forces coupled with the anthropic principle, which seems like a cop out more than anything else.

When I say designer, I don't mean an old man with a beard as is popularly pictured in western culture. I mean a transcendent powerful being beyond such limitations

[NJlo]

I've been in similar discussions way to many times but I can't stop myself from jumping in there again.

The intellectual power, or any power at all that some thinking.. "something" that we would call "God" should have to design this world is way beyond our human comprehension, way beyond anything we could ever imagine. A simple beginning, growing out and slowly becoming more complex, bigger and more diverse over the course of millons of years however seems much more likely to me.

[voxcon]

writing a hit song is more in the realm of creativity than say, being a neurosurgeon. so its not inconceivable that you can hit a wall even if U put in 10,000 hours. The surgeon on the other hand, is not likely going to forget (senility aside) their particular skill after 10,000 hours. its apples and oranges

also, the knack to write a hit song in one time period may not transfer to the next. McCartney might still be able to write good songs but the kids buyin the CDs arent interested

[Bearzor]

He was an incredible interviewer. Great questions and very likeable because he wasn't obnoxious, he didn't appear to be faking interest, and he was trying to crack jokes.

[wade2bosh]

ambition/hormones and such peak in your 20s....artists make hits when their young but cant when their older....michael jackson/beatles/etc. Maybe hormone therapy will change that in the future.

[iposacanuca]

the problem with writing hits is that the majority of society is lazy and doesn't have the patience to sit down and really appreciate a quality song. society is too content with a simple, short, hooks festered ditty. we don't appreciate talent...just numbers.

[andrew2great]

wht are you talking about ??!! the interviewer actually talks about a good point tht the book misses out

(about 10,000 rule yet still fail)

[KirbySings]

You suck.

[nick90267]

this interviewer sucks

[nelsonorange71]

why?

[dengzhi]

三人行，必有我师焉

[donkeyboyzs]

this guy is right about the practise part. for some of us, its stating the obvious, but im still amazed how many people to this day discard practise for smartness. They think oh he is smart, so he doesnt practise. look at the top notch metal guitarists like slash, buckethead, paul gilbert, satriani, marty friedman..all of them put in their more than 10,000 hrs before they became guitar legends

[Nesharo]

Outlier is a damn good book I want to read Blink

[ratkins2323]

wow. police targeting people with african features... who knew?

(sarcasm)

[tgold1968]

... looks more Sideshow Bob than african. Clown rapist? Creepy.

[dougtheoilerfan]

well i just checked the top 30 scorers from the NHL from last year. Out of the Canadians only 3 of them were born in the first quarter of the year. I call bs on this study.

[spdvm1997]

If you read the book, this only applies to Canadian hockey players because the age cut off for the league is Jan of any given year. Try looking at the birth months for new professional recruits from Canada.

[nelsonorange71]

Good call.

I checked th roster of the top teams in European football ( soccer) Most of them were born in the first half of the year.

So it's hit and miss. I guess.

[marypat56]

mom WAS right..practice DOES make perfect

[marypat56]

Mom WAS right.......practice does make perfect

[ALFIEAJAPAN]

Interesting writer; I have one of his books called Tipping Point. And he's very entertaining when he talks. Both he and his subject is compelling.

The CBC host should put in his 10,000 hours, though. Or get fired. In all of the interviews I've seen him make, he sounds full of himself, kiss-ass, unexperienced or uninformed, academic, stiff... I could say more. Malcolm is showing a lot of restraint here. I can see he wants to roll his eyes at some points.

Why do Canadian interviewers suck?

[geegster]

"i am so much better looking than that rapist, how dare you"

HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[jmcconville1000]

Outliers is a must read book

[mrricecookgood]

By far my favorite author

[TracyMacToDaRack]

dude's awesome ain't he?

[cheatdath]

he is the real genius

[Icc4rus]

george is a badass. i think he is very talented and smart to interview like that and keep it going with that sort of energy. the author is brilliant too, everything he said was so interesting and made we want to read the book very badly. im gonna go buy it.

[terencelaoshi]

Contrarily to the math example, give an Asian kid a non-mathematical (i.e. abtract) problem and see how quickly they give up. C'est la difference.

[Mangalaiii]

He points out in the book that Asians given a questionnaire spend just as much time more than Americans. So it's interesting because math is therefore more about focus than smarts.

[drdeaglemyass]

it's true u need to work hard to learn!! it's easy to quit, it's hard to get through that headache and keep studyin!!

[terencelaoshi]

My favourite interviewer.

[drdeaglemyass]

whoh that some hair!!

[jonnymah]

George clearly has no idea what the book is all about. It's a quick read - he could have at least done his homework.

[terencelaoshi]

For a guy who hasn't read the book, he must be incredibly well briefed.

[nelsonorange71]

Really?

Where does he screw up?

[tonylui28]

lol at george hand motions all the time

[barrytron3030]

i don't think george ever reads the books of his guests