Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell was Stephen Colbert's guest on the May 1, 2007 edition of The Colbert Report.

He may or may not represent a new generation of Malcolm in black America.

[edit] Talking About IQs

January 22, 2008

• • IQ's are dubious usefulness
• IQ scores have gone up
  • we're better at answering the questions in the test
  • if Lincoln took IQ today, would be considered retarded
    • Probably shot himself combing his hair with a gun and barely feed himself
  • knives and potatoes do not belong together
• measure intelligence by who makes the most money
• Dr. Colbert's IQ is "A" (95)

[edit] November 17, 2008 Nailing

• he knows why certain people become successful, Stephen does too: it's called trust funds

• third time
  • maybe he'll win

• book: Outliers: The Story of Success

• outlier
  • fancy scientific term lies outside the statistical normal
  • statistically off the charts

• he is not an outlier

• Bill Gates
• The Beatles

• how can we stop them
  • they make us look bad

• Gates was lucky
  • when he's 13 years old

• might have been ordained by God
• the year you're born can indicate one's success

• 1935 was best year of 20th century
  • smallest generation

• basically astrology
  • high end astrology

• He's a virgo
  • born in 1963

• best year of human history
  • 1830's: 22% of 75 richest people of all time

• you don't know what an advantage is until the end of your life

• buy it now, read it later