Malcolm Gladwell

You're thinking it's an exercise in self-hatred? Is that what you're saying?

Well, no one likes changing his mind more than me, first of all. I just enjoy it. My dad really enjoyed it. And as a kid, some of my greatest memories of my father, who was a marvelous character, was him just shamelessly changing his mind on a subject, like without any explanation or apology. He just would agree. He'd talk to somebody. And he would always make this calculation.

Well, no one likes changing his mind more than me, first of all. I just enjoy it. My dad really enjoyed it. And as a kid, some of my greatest memories of my father, who was a marvelous character, was him just shamelessly changing his mind on a subject, like without any explanation or apology. He just would agree. He'd talk to somebody. And he would always make this calculation.

He would talk to someone, and if he thought they knew even 1% more on a subject than he did, he'd just like, all right, you're right. And that was it. And he was done. I thought it was fantastic as a child. And secretly, that's what I wanted. I wanted to be the guy who wakes up and decides.

He would talk to someone, and if he thought they knew even 1% more on a subject than he did, he'd just like, all right, you're right. And that was it. And he was done. I thought it was fantastic as a child. And secretly, that's what I wanted. I wanted to be the guy who wakes up and decides.

And Kate, my partner, is always making fun of me on this because I will not like someone, and they'll just wake up and be like, they're great. Right. Like, why don't we have them over? She's like, wait, I thought you didn't like them. It's like, yeah, that was the past. Now I'm all over them. So I didn't read The Tipping Point after I wrote it. And then it was its anniversary.

And Kate, my partner, is always making fun of me on this because I will not like someone, and they'll just wake up and be like, they're great. Right. Like, why don't we have them over? She's like, wait, I thought you didn't like them. It's like, yeah, that was the past. Now I'm all over them. So I didn't read The Tipping Point after I wrote it. And then it was its anniversary.

And I thought, oh, I should read it again because we were thinking of doing a new revised edition. So I read it again. I'm like, wait a second. I wrote that? Like, I just fell. I was like arguing with the book the whole time. So that's why I want to do a new one. That was basically what happened. Are you the opposite of the same?

And I thought, oh, I should read it again because we were thinking of doing a new revised edition. So I read it again. I'm like, wait a second. I wrote that? Like, I just fell. I was like arguing with the book the whole time. So that's why I want to do a new one. That was basically what happened. Are you the opposite of the same?

My parents.

My parents.

Deep Christians.

Deep Christians.

All of us here. Okay. Super deep Christians. Here we are. Three of us are gathered in his name. Let's go. No. But no, not change the mind about that.

All of us here. Okay. Super deep Christians. Here we are. Three of us are gathered in his name. Let's go. No. But no, not change the mind about that.

First of all, just to go back on parents for a second. So my father, my father's, can I talk about my dad? Yeah, of course. Talk about your dad. He passed six or seven years ago and I wrote his obituary and I said, he had strong opinions about The Bible, gardening, and mathematics. And on everything else, he was open to suggestion. And I sort of think that's the right model.

First of all, just to go back on parents for a second. So my father, my father's, can I talk about my dad? Yeah, of course. Talk about your dad. He passed six or seven years ago and I wrote his obituary and I said, he had strong opinions about The Bible, gardening, and mathematics. And on everything else, he was open to suggestion. And I sort of think that's the right model.

You've got to have your core set of things that you hold dearly. And I think you should – I always use the phrase that ideas should be held loosely. And they're not values, but ideas. Values you hold tightly, but ideas you hold loosely because stuff changes. And you grow up or you're –

You've got to have your core set of things that you hold dearly. And I think you should – I always use the phrase that ideas should be held loosely. And they're not values, but ideas. Values you hold tightly, but ideas you hold loosely because stuff changes. And you grow up or you're –

You know, in the original Tipping Point, there's a chapter on crime, which is just why New York City crime fell in the 90s. It's an appalling chapter. I mean, it's just appalling.