Malcolm Gladwell

And we go over there and we realize it's Sidney McLachlan.

It's the greatest, for those who don't know who Sidney McLachlan is, maybe the greatest female runner ever.

of the last hundred years.

I mean, she's the world record holder a zillion times, double gold medal winner in the Olympics, clearly the greatest American runner of her generation.

And it was a foul moment.

Here I was trying, here I was, I went with you to the UCLA track to try and prove to you that there was something beautiful and transcendent about running.

And I point out my example here.

And my example turns out to be the greatest runner of her generation.

It was insane serendipity.

It is incredible.

Yeah.

One more thought about made things versus found things.

Not long ago, I tweeted out the following.

A question that has haunted me ever since I've been forced to read Cinderella a zillion times.

Why does the coach turn into a pumpkin, the coachman into mice and the dress to rags, but the magical glass slippers are fine?

Did the fairy godmother have a carve out for shoes?

A ton of people weighed in with their answers because, I don't know, it seems like a question that really needs an answer.

And my favorite was this, from Medlectual, who I think is a neurologist in Switzerland, although who knows.

Oh, Malcolm, because magic in fairy tales follows symbolism, not physics.

The coach, dress, and servants are a borrowed transformation.