Malcolm Gladwell

On the Jamaican front, I was at the World Championships, track championships, and I see Shelley Ann Fraser-Price, one of my heroes. So she's like this big. I go up and say, hello, my name is Malcolm. I don't know if you know this. I'm half Jamaican, she says. There's no such thing as half Jamaican. There's only Jamaican. Yeah. That's the right attitude. That is the right attitude.

On the Jamaican front, I was at the World Championships, track championships, and I see Shelley Ann Fraser-Price, one of my heroes. So she's like this big. I go up and say, hello, my name is Malcolm. I don't know if you know this. I'm half Jamaican, she says. There's no such thing as half Jamaican. There's only Jamaican. Yeah. That's the right attitude. That is the right attitude.

There's no such thing as 23% Nigerian. Yeah.

There's no such thing as 23% Nigerian. Yeah.

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

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.