Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

http://www.ted.com Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.

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[atheer2002]

in a war you lose even when you win..

[cyborg527]

I absolutley love Malcolm Gladwell

[shimokita2]

On one hand he says that he was a "Narcissist" and then he closes by saying that the nuclear attack on Japan would have "broken his heart".

[SimaanFreeloader]

14:00 The bomb dropped on Hiroshima wasn't a thermonuclear bomb (or fusion bomb as it is also known). It was rather a fission bomb. Thermonuclear bombs were not invented until 1951.

[TheJovanist]

@atheer2002 well depends on how you invested and what you invested in.

[lightandbeautiful]

Homosexual activists understand the power of words.

Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".

The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationsh­ip being discussed.

The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.

[abhi4u20]

irony of USA is that military gets unrestricted fund but Wikipedia has ask for donation !!

[aldoreshgaramok]

@atheer2002 Not a test of who right, but who is left!

[pooopiepants]

an older TAY ZONDAY :0

[shraka]

@majinspy Given current spending I think spending money on training soldiers/police to speak the local language is way more important than the same money spent on tactical missiles. Technology can certainly help, but in this sort of war, Cold war era weapons would work just as well (if not better because of reduced cost per unit) as modern weapon systems do.

[maxgotborred]

does this mean run UAV and blackbird on cod now...?