Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)

<p>Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell, Caribbean identity, satire as a weapon, Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden, Harvard’s under-theorized endowment, why early childhood intervention is overrated, long-distance running, and Malcolm’s happy risk-averse career going from one “fur-lined rat hole to the next.”</p> <p><a href= "https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/malcolm-gladwell-podcast-outliers-tyler-cowen-3abdf99068ee"> Transcript and links</a></p> <p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/gladwell">Malcolm</a> on Twitter</p> <p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/tylercowen">Tyler</a> on Twitter</p> <p>More CWT goodness:</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/cowenconvos/">Facebook</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/cowenconvos">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cowenconvos/">Instagram</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mercatus.org/newsletters">Email</a></p>