The Smartest Guys in the Room, every mention
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#85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative
- ▶ 1:48 Shane Parrish You wrote one of the most fascinating books of this generation, which was The Smartest Guys in the Room.
- ▶ 46:31 Bethany McLean He liked people with a really exceptional characteristic that defined them, and that may come at the expense of other characteristics, and I think we took that when we wrote Smartest Guys as a bad thing, but your question makes me think…
- ▶ 55:22 Bethany McLean So I am far from perfect today, um, but I think I've learned actually a lot from working with Jonah Serra, who edited Smartest Guys, and who was my co-author on, on All the Devils Are Here.