Malcolm Gladwell
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 27, 2018 by Robert Greene · said 14 times in 9 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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2015 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Jun 27, 2018 neutral
Greene actively avoids reading Malcolm Gladwell to preserve his own originality.
“He's a great writer, but I try not to read his books because I don't want to be covering or overlapping or being inspired by what's already out there. I want to hit something new. I want to be original. I want to say something that comes from my brain.”
Sep 21, 2021
Chris Bosh: Overthinking and post-hoc rationalizations distort intuitive decisions
“What we do is we, that secondary thought, that third thought justifying, well, no, I mean, I should go here because it is closer to home. That's when we start tricking ourselves, but that blink, that minute when we know”