![]() The TED website describes Gladwell as a “pop R&D gumshoe”-not a bad way of describing his unconventional journalistic career. With his eloquence, easy humor, and concision, Gladwell is a natural for the TED format. Gladwell is a frequent guest at “TED Talks,” the popular program that invites speakers in the fields technology, entertainment, and design to deliver their ideas in 18 minutes or less. In a 2013 interview, Gladwell admitted that he was “too in love with the broken-windows notion,” and added that he was “so enamored by the metaphorical simplicity of that idea that I overstated its importance.” His 2000 bestseller, The Tipping Point, was credited with popularizing (and even glamorizing) the controversial “broken window theory” of law enforcement-a strategy for cracking down on crime that has been praised for reducing the crime rate but criticized for violating basic rights and civil liberties. David’s victory was improbable and miraculous. Malcolm Gladwell is the first to admit that he’s made mistakes. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. ![]()
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