Malcolm Gladwell
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Meaning, which I thought was hilarious because it's a test designed to measure your aptitude for being a lawyer. Mm-hmm. And the test for being a lawyer can only be – you can only do well if you learn how to process without understanding. If my lawyer came to me and said, I processed your case without understanding it, I think I'd be a little bit alarmed. Yeah.
So it was like – Sounds like a good lawyer, though.
So it was like – Sounds like a good lawyer, though.
So it was like – Sounds like a good lawyer, though.
No, but it does. I was part, I never, because in Canada we don't have, I'm Canadian, we don't have standardized tests. I knew nothing about these. I moved to America after college and I hear people talk about the SAT and it sounds like some kind of strange holy rite. And I was so kind of curious that at a certain point in my life I decided I had to do it.
No, but it does. I was part, I never, because in Canada we don't have, I'm Canadian, we don't have standardized tests. I knew nothing about these. I moved to America after college and I hear people talk about the SAT and it sounds like some kind of strange holy rite. And I was so kind of curious that at a certain point in my life I decided I had to do it.
No, but it does. I was part, I never, because in Canada we don't have, I'm Canadian, we don't have standardized tests. I knew nothing about these. I moved to America after college and I hear people talk about the SAT and it sounds like some kind of strange holy rite. And I was so kind of curious that at a certain point in my life I decided I had to do it.
And I went and I sat in that big room with hundreds of other people. I was the only person over the age of like 25. And I ended up tying my assistant. Oh, okay. Which I thought was good. The money was on her because she's 24. And the general consensus around the office is I didn't stand a chance because I've obviously lost so many brain cells. What was your score? I don't remember.
And I went and I sat in that big room with hundreds of other people. I was the only person over the age of like 25. And I ended up tying my assistant. Oh, okay. Which I thought was good. The money was on her because she's 24. And the general consensus around the office is I didn't stand a chance because I've obviously lost so many brain cells. What was your score? I don't remember.
And I went and I sat in that big room with hundreds of other people. I was the only person over the age of like 25. And I ended up tying my assistant. Oh, okay. Which I thought was good. The money was on her because she's 24. And the general consensus around the office is I didn't stand a chance because I've obviously lost so many brain cells. What was your score? I don't remember.
It was not impressive. Basically, I was headed for a mediocre law school, which... That's fine. Someone's got to be.
It was not impressive. Basically, I was headed for a mediocre law school, which... That's fine. Someone's got to be.
It was not impressive. Basically, I was headed for a mediocre law school, which... That's fine. Someone's got to be.
I thought that's where you were headed.
I thought that's where you were headed.
I thought that's where you were headed.
No, I had that chapter, another chapter of the book, where I ran across a bunch of articles by these two sociologists, Anna Muller and Seth Arberton. And they were talking about a town they would only call Poplar Grove. And they had been working there, studying it for years. And they described it. And I later figured out what town it was and went there for myself and confirmed it.
No, I had that chapter, another chapter of the book, where I ran across a bunch of articles by these two sociologists, Anna Muller and Seth Arberton. And they were talking about a town they would only call Poplar Grove. And they had been working there, studying it for years. And they described it. And I later figured out what town it was and went there for myself and confirmed it.
No, I had that chapter, another chapter of the book, where I ran across a bunch of articles by these two sociologists, Anna Muller and Seth Arberton. And they were talking about a town they would only call Poplar Grove. And they had been working there, studying it for years. And they described it. And I later figured out what town it was and went there for myself and confirmed it.
It's the perfect, it literally is the perfect community. If you went there, you would say, it's like upper income, on the water, incredibly tight knit.