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What world awaits Gen Z? | Malcolm Gladwell #890
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This was a very interesting/insightful talk. Skip the questions, they aren't. Gladwell provides a useful sports analogy for his argument: the success of sports teams is dependent on different team dynamics depending on the sport. In Basketball 🏀 there are only 5 people on the court and often 3 or more of those players will play the whole game. He mentions the 2 greatest Basketball teams in history: 90's Chicago Bulls: Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and the By some metrics Michael Jordan takes 6 of the top 10 spots for points in an NBA season: The rules of the game have changes significantly since Jordan last played in the NBA, VOX's "How the 3-point line is breaking basketball": https://youtu.be/2p3NIR8LYoo summarises this well. Gladwell's point is this: basketball is a "Strongest Link" sport where the star player makes the team. ⭐ By contrast Football ⚽ ("soccer") is a sport where a mistake by the weakest player Gladwell supports his argument referencing the book "The Numbers Game": This isn't the place to debate who the Most western society invests resources into their "strongest players", I find the argument Gladwell makes in this talk compelling. |
https://youtu.be/2AaQn3FOrfY
Gonna listen to this when doing house work later. 🎧 ⏳
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