I’m not out to convert the world no interest in so doing I just simply want
interest in so doing I just simply want
interest in so doing I just simply want people to engage with my ideas and if
people to engage with my ideas and if
people to engage with my ideas and if they disagree fine I feel like we learn
they disagree fine I feel like we learn
they disagree fine I feel like we learn most from people at the fringes hmm and
most from people at the fringes hmm and
most from people at the fringes hmm and that’s why you constantly have to be
that’s why you constantly have to be
that’s why you constantly have to be looking at the fringes you do not want
looking at the fringes you do not want
looking at the fringes you do not want to be cornered by me to occupy yes it’s
to be cornered by me to occupy yes it’s
to be cornered by me to occupy yes it’s just the worst you know that’s really
just the worst you know that’s really
just the worst you know that’s really bad idea hello believe nation I’m Evan
bad idea hello believe nation I’m Evan
bad idea hello believe nation I’m Evan Carmichael my one word is believe and I
Carmichael my one word is believe and I
Carmichael my one word is believe and I believe that entrepreneurs are going to
believe that entrepreneurs are going to
believe that entrepreneurs are going to solve all of the major problems of the
solve all of the major problems of the
solve all of the major problems of the world so to help you on your journey
world so to help you on your journey
world so to help you on your journey today we’re going to learn from
today we’re going to learn from
today we’re going to learn from journalists and five times New York
journalists and five times New York
journalists and five times New York Times bestselling author Malcom Gladwell
Times bestselling author Malcom Gladwell
Times bestselling author Malcom Gladwell and my take on his top ten rules for
and my take on his top ten rules for
and my take on his top ten rules for success vol 2 rule number one is my
success vol 2 rule number one is my
success vol 2 rule number one is my personal favorite and I’d love to know
personal favorite and I’d love to know
personal favorite and I’d love to know which one you guys like the best and as
which one you guys like the best and as
which one you guys like the best and as always guys as you’re watching if you
always guys as you’re watching if you
always guys as you’re watching if you hear something that really resonates
hear something that really resonates
hear something that really resonates with you please leave it down in the
with you please leave it down in the
with you please leave it down in the comments below put quotes around it so
comments below put quotes around it so
comments below put quotes around it so other people can be inspired and when
other people can be inspired and when
other people can be inspired and when you write it down it’s much more likely
you write it down it’s much more likely
you write it down it’s much more likely to stick for yourself as well enjoy
pursue what interests you not what
pursue what interests you not what you’re good at
you’re good at
you’re good at you’re always better off pursuing the
you’re always better off pursuing the
you’re always better off pursuing the things you like over the things that you
things you like over the things that you
things you like over the things that you have some kind of aptitude to are in the
have some kind of aptitude to are in the
have some kind of aptitude to are in the end of it at the end of the day passion
end of it at the end of the day passion
end of it at the end of the day passion for something gets you much further than
for something gets you much further than
for something gets you much further than some dry notion of ability what I’m
some dry notion of ability what I’m
some dry notion of ability what I’m trying to get people to understand is
trying to get people to understand is
trying to get people to understand is that our conventional notions of this
that our conventional notions of this
that our conventional notions of this advantage and advantage aren’t accurate
advantage and advantage aren’t accurate
advantage and advantage aren’t accurate that we’ve called lots of things
that we’ve called lots of things
that we’ve called lots of things disadvantages when in fact it’s more
disadvantages when in fact it’s more
disadvantages when in fact it’s more complicated than that and so the reason
complicated than that and so the reason
complicated than that and so the reason I started with that story and also I
I started with that story and also I
I started with that story and also I retell the story of David and Goliath
retell the story of David and Goliath
retell the story of David and Goliath start the book because if you look at
start the book because if you look at
start the book because if you look at the story closely everything you think
the story closely everything you think
the story closely everything you think was a disadvantage about David actually
was a disadvantage about David actually
was a disadvantage about David actually is and and Goliath is not what he looks
is and and Goliath is not what he looks
is and and Goliath is not what he looks like he looks like this indomitable
like he looks like this indomitable
like he looks like this indomitable giant in fact he probably had a medical
giant in fact he probably had a medical
giant in fact he probably had a medical condition called acromegaly which is
condition called acromegaly which is
condition called acromegaly which is solid this is sort of a side thing you
solid this is sort of a side thing you
solid this is sort of a side thing you bring up medicine here in the Bible dude
bring up medicine here in the Bible dude
bring up medicine here in the Bible dude what do you do it is hilarious because
what do you do it is hilarious because
what do you do it is hilarious because if you admit he started digging into
if you admit he started digging into
if you admit he started digging into these things you discover these little
these things you discover these little
these things you discover these little pockets have been arguing about these
pockets have been arguing about these
pockets have been arguing about these things for years for 50 years
things for years for 50 years
things for years for 50 years endocrinologists have been arguing about
endocrinologists have been arguing about
endocrinologists have been arguing about whether Goliath had a tumor on his
whether Goliath had a tumor on his
whether Goliath had a tumor on his pituitary gland and which would explain
pituitary gland and which would explain
pituitary gland and which would explain his height because when you have a tumor
his height because when you have a tumor
his height because when you have a tumor in your – Ettore gland it over you will
in your – Ettore gland it over you will
in your – Ettore gland it over you will produce human growth hormone and you get
produce human growth hormone and you get
produce human growth hormone and you get really under the giant red this
really under the giant red this
really under the giant red this condition and then for for a be
condition and then for for a be
condition and then for for a be seven-foot for ya but one of the side
seven-foot for ya but one of the side
seven-foot for ya but one of the side effects is that it can constrict your
effects is that it can constrict your
effects is that it can constrict your optic nerves and leave you largely with
optic nerves and leave you largely with
optic nerves and leave you largely with very very limited eyesight so the one of
very very limited eyesight so the one of
very very limited eyesight so the one of the explanations for why delighteth
the explanations for why delighteth
the explanations for why delighteth behave so strangely and why he doesn’t
behave so strangely and why he doesn’t
behave so strangely and why he doesn’t perceive that David is not intending to
perceive that David is not intending to
perceive that David is not intending to fight him David comes down the mountain
fight him David comes down the mountain
fight him David comes down the mountain and he’s got no sword and no armor he
and he’s got no sword and no armor he
and he’s got no sword and no armor he clearly is not intending to fight a
clearly is not intending to fight a
clearly is not intending to fight a sword fight and Goliath just sits there
sword fight and Goliath just sits there
sword fight and Goliath just sits there like he’s oblivious well the answer is
like he’s oblivious well the answer is
like he’s oblivious well the answer is maybe he could only see this far right
maybe he could only see this far right
maybe he could only see this far right so it changes everything and you
so it changes everything and you
so it changes everything and you realized wait a minute the giant is
realized wait a minute the giant is
realized wait a minute the giant is weighed down by a hundred pounds of
weighed down by a hundred pounds of
weighed down by a hundred pounds of armor and can’t see anything right he’s
armor and can’t see anything right he’s
armor and can’t see anything right he’s like like this right so hey I do more
like like this right so hey I do more
like like this right so hey I do more with that story but it’s all about this
with that story but it’s all about this
with that story but it’s all about this trying to get people to take a step back
trying to get people to take a step back
trying to get people to take a step back and
and
and and that we can give up because we have
and that we can give up because we have
and that we can give up because we have these look or feel powerless because we
these look or feel powerless because we
these look or feel powerless because we have these empty definitions or in
have these empty definitions or in
have these empty definitions or in flawed definitions of advantage as a
flawed definitions of advantage as a
flawed definitions of advantage as a writer my principal observation about
writer my principal observation about
writer my principal observation about why other writers fail is that they are
why other writers fail is that they are
why other writers fail is that they are in too much of a hurry I don’t think you
in too much of a hurry I don’t think you
in too much of a hurry I don’t think you can write a good book in two years you
can write a good book in two years you
can write a good book in two years you may disagree you have done that I think
may disagree you have done that I think
may disagree you have done that I think but you’re an anomaly most most of us
but you’re an anomaly most most of us
but you’re an anomaly most most of us can’t write folks that quickly and we
can’t write folks that quickly and we
can’t write folks that quickly and we need to be a little bit more tore to see
need to be a little bit more tore to see
need to be a little bit more tore to see and a little less here’sh the problem is
and a little less here’sh the problem is
and a little less here’sh the problem is that the world wants you to be a hare
that the world wants you to be a hare
that the world wants you to be a hare your publisher says I want it now you’re
your publisher says I want it now you’re
your publisher says I want it now you’re under pressure to do this X Y & Z you
under pressure to do this X Y & Z you
under pressure to do this X Y & Z you have a 1 year sabbatical where you’re
have a 1 year sabbatical where you’re
have a 1 year sabbatical where you’re trying to cram it and finish you’ve got
trying to cram it and finish you’ve got
trying to cram it and finish you’ve got teaching load etc zero zero zero zero
teaching load etc zero zero zero zero
teaching load etc zero zero zero zero but in fact even something is some one
but in fact even something is some one
but in fact even something is some one thing that almost all of the
thing that almost all of the
thing that almost all of the professional writers I know
professional writers I know
professional writers I know so not people who have a day job like
so not people who have a day job like
so not people who have a day job like yourself do the very best of them do is
yourself do the very best of them do is
yourself do the very best of them do is that they write drafts and then they put
that they write drafts and then they put
that they write drafts and then they put it put the book in a drawer for six
it put the book in a drawer for six
it put the book in a drawer for six months and then they come back to it
months and then they come back to it
months and then they come back to it they build in they turn themselves into
they build in they turn themselves into
they build in they turn themselves into tortoises forced themselves to slow down
tortoises forced themselves to slow down
tortoises forced themselves to slow down and go back now does that that in a
and go back now does that that in a
and go back now does that that in a sense harms the system and that the
sense harms the system and that the
sense harms the system and that the amount of output is lowered but I don’t
amount of output is lowered but I don’t
amount of output is lowered but I don’t think the problem with writing in
think the problem with writing in
think the problem with writing in America right now is a failure of output
America right now is a failure of output
America right now is a failure of output predicate the failure of quality right
predicate the failure of quality right
predicate the failure of quality right so there’s a case where I think the
so there’s a case where I think the
so there’s a case where I think the overall system could use maybe a little
overall system could use maybe a little
overall system could use maybe a little lower level of production and some
lower level of production and some
lower level of production and some higher production values and I think
higher production values and I think
higher production values and I think that having individual writers who write
that having individual writers who write
that having individual writers who write better books makes us all better all my
better books makes us all better all my
better books makes us all better all my work is about storytelling but using
work is about storytelling but using
work is about storytelling but using stories to kind of get at deeper truths
stories to kind of get at deeper truths
stories to kind of get at deeper truths but fundamentally I’m a storyteller and
but fundamentally I’m a storyteller and
but fundamentally I’m a storyteller and every you know in revisionist history
every you know in revisionist history
every you know in revisionist history every one of the episodes is a story it
every one of the episodes is a story it
every one of the episodes is a story it has a island and it’s not this is not me
has a island and it’s not this is not me
has a island and it’s not this is not me ranting on about this or that
ranting on about this or that
ranting on about this or that it’s we meet in really interesting
it’s we meet in really interesting
it’s we meet in really interesting people and we tell their stories and use
people and we tell their stories and use
people and we tell their stories and use that as a way of and that’s a theme in
that as a way of and that’s a theme in
that as a way of and that’s a theme in all of my work is I I think that the way
all of my work is I I think that the way
all of my work is I I think that the way into complicated ideas is through people
into complicated ideas is through people
into complicated ideas is through people and their stories are there anything in
and their stories are there anything in
and their stories are there anything in your books you don’t believe anymore
your books you don’t believe anymore
your books you don’t believe anymore Wow last time I talked to you you told
Wow last time I talked to you you told
Wow last time I talked to you you told me there’s the things you don’t believe
me there’s the things you don’t believe
me there’s the things you don’t believe in yeah that bothered me ever since well
in yeah that bothered me ever since well
in yeah that bothered me ever since well here’s the question here’s the thing
here’s the question here’s the thing
here’s the question here’s the thing there has to be because you have to keep
there has to be because you have to keep
there has to be because you have to keep changing your mind that’s just what I
changing your mind that’s just what I
changing your mind that’s just what I said last time and I think is even more
said last time and I think is even more
said last time and I think is even more stronger now I mean we could sit down
stronger now I mean we could sit down
stronger now I mean we could sit down with the books and go through and I
with the books and go through and I
with the books and go through and I could say here’s how I’m thinking has
could say here’s how I’m thinking has
could say here’s how I’m thinking has changed but if you can’t do that about
changed but if you can’t do that about
changed but if you can’t do that about something that you wrote 10 or 15 years
something that you wrote 10 or 15 years
something that you wrote 10 or 15 years ago you’re not alive judge right right
ago you’re not alive judge right right
ago you’re not alive judge right right you have to say so absolutely I think mi
you have to say so absolutely I think mi
you have to say so absolutely I think mi cyant Paul Greenberg he writes
cyant Paul Greenberg he writes
cyant Paul Greenberg he writes editorials in his column at the Arkansas
editorials in his column at the Arkansas
editorials in his column at the Arkansas democrat-gazette conservative paper you
democrat-gazette conservative paper you
democrat-gazette conservative paper you can serve your writer with a ballot he
can serve your writer with a ballot he
can serve your writer with a ballot he probably has his harshest criticism as
probably has his harshest criticism as
probably has his harshest criticism as I’ve seen since Malcolm Gladwell’s
I’ve seen since Malcolm Gladwell’s
I’ve seen since Malcolm Gladwell’s specialty is the kind of
specialty is the kind of
specialty is the kind of pseudo-intellectual tea designed for the
pseudo-intellectual tea designed for the
pseudo-intellectual tea designed for the carriage trade and delivered with an air
carriage trade and delivered with an air
carriage trade and delivered with an air of insight and only the air pretentious
of insight and only the air pretentious
of insight and only the air pretentious ponderous and mostly piffle when it’s
ponderous and mostly piffle when it’s
ponderous and mostly piffle when it’s not just plain wrong headed it’s the
not just plain wrong headed it’s the
not just plain wrong headed it’s the print version of the most pompous talk
print version of the most pompous talk
print version of the most pompous talk show you can think of that sound very
show you can think of that sound very
show you can think of that sound very happy that’s it he does and I wondered
happy that’s it he does and I wondered
happy that’s it he does and I wondered if is that you get a lot of that a long
if is that you get a lot of that a long
if is that you get a lot of that a long time ago when I started writing um being
time ago when I started writing um being
time ago when I started writing um being a journalist I said had a I had to kind
a journalist I said had a I had to kind
a journalist I said had a I had to kind of sit down and think about how am I
of sit down and think about how am I
of sit down and think about how am I going to deal with criticism because
going to deal with criticism because
going to deal with criticism because criticism as a writer is absolutely
criticism as a writer is absolutely
criticism as a writer is absolutely inevitable right there’s you’re always
inevitable right there’s you’re always
inevitable right there’s you’re always going to have to Paul Greenberg’s
going to have to Paul Greenberg’s
going to have to Paul Greenberg’s there’s nothing you do about them and
there’s nothing you do about them and
there’s nothing you do about them and the question is what do you how do you
the question is what do you how do you
the question is what do you how do you want to respond to them and I decided
want to respond to them and I decided
want to respond to them and I decided very early on that AI was never going to
very early on that AI was never going to
very early on that AI was never going to make it my sign of my own success or
make it my sign of my own success or
make it my sign of my own success or feeling like I had succeeded that I that
feeling like I had succeeded that I that
feeling like I had succeeded that I that I silence critics I don’t sign up I’m
I silence critics I don’t sign up I’m
I silence critics I don’t sign up I’m not out to convert the world no interest
not out to convert the world no interest
not out to convert the world no interest in so doing I just simply want people to
in so doing I just simply want people to
in so doing I just simply want people to engage with my
engage with my
engage with my and if they disagree fine the other
and if they disagree fine the other
and if they disagree fine the other thing that I did I decided early on that
thing that I did I decided early on that
thing that I did I decided early on that I was I would I would I would be happy
I was I would I would I would be happy
I was I would I would I would be happy if the people that I cared about people
if the people that I cared about people
if the people that I cared about people closest to me saw what I was doing was
closest to me saw what I was doing was
closest to me saw what I was doing was meaningful if my mom likes it if my
meaningful if my mom likes it if my
meaningful if my mom likes it if my editor likes it if my best friend Bruce
editor likes it if my best friend Bruce
editor likes it if my best friend Bruce likes it I’m happy and that those are
likes it I’m happy and that those are
likes it I’m happy and that those are important rules and I think if you if
important rules and I think if you if
important rules and I think if you if you if you could have some version of
you if you could have some version of
you if you could have some version of that some kind of system for making
that some kind of system for making
that some kind of system for making sense of criticism it’s a lot easier to
sense of criticism it’s a lot easier to
sense of criticism it’s a lot easier to function the best way to discover what
function the best way to discover what
function the best way to discover what is special about yourself is to do it
is special about yourself is to do it
is special about yourself is to do it from the outside in so I don’t think you
from the outside in so I don’t think you
from the outside in so I don’t think you discovered those qualities by peering
discovered those qualities by peering
discovered those qualities by peering inwards by focusing on yourself I think
inwards by focusing on yourself I think
inwards by focusing on yourself I think you discover them by engaging with
you discover them by engaging with
you discover them by engaging with others the fastest way to discover your
others the fastest way to discover your
others the fastest way to discover your own unusual or exceptional qualities is
own unusual or exceptional qualities is
own unusual or exceptional qualities is to hang out with people who have unusual
to hang out with people who have unusual
to hang out with people who have unusual and exceptional qualities I had the good
and exceptional qualities I had the good
and exceptional qualities I had the good fortune when I was 11 years old to meet
fortune when I was 11 years old to meet
fortune when I was 11 years old to meet a guy and Terry still to the state of
a guy and Terry still to the state of
a guy and Terry still to the state of smartest guy I ever met he was we were
smartest guy I ever met he was we were
smartest guy I ever met he was we were in this random little town in the middle
in this random little town in the middle
in this random little town in the middle of farming country and southern Ontario
of farming country and southern Ontario
of farming country and southern Ontario and Terry was the most fearless and
and Terry was the most fearless and
and Terry was the most fearless and subversive thinker I have ever met I
subversive thinker I have ever met I
subversive thinker I have ever met I discovered through him that I can sort
discovered through him that I can sort
discovered through him that I can sort of do that too I didn’t know that at
of do that too I didn’t know that at
of do that too I didn’t know that at that point I was just another you know
that point I was just another you know
that point I was just another you know conventional compliant you know good
conventional compliant you know good
conventional compliant you know good student but you know very good and I met
student but you know very good and I met
student but you know very good and I met this guy whose notion of what it meant
this guy whose notion of what it meant
this guy whose notion of what it meant to explore life was to metaphorically
to explore life was to metaphorically
to explore life was to metaphorically blow things up he you said go left he
blow things up he you said go left he
blow things up he you said go left he went right you said this was true he was
went right you said this was true he was
went right you said this was true he was like crude to me he was that kind of guy
like crude to me he was that kind of guy
like crude to me he was that kind of guy the world just kind of opened up when I
the world just kind of opened up when I
the world just kind of opened up when I met him I was like oh my word what a way
met him I was like oh my word what a way
met him I was like oh my word what a way of kind of dealing with ideas and with
of kind of dealing with ideas and with
of kind of dealing with ideas and with experiences
experiences
experiences he was so exciting and so fresh and I
he was so exciting and so fresh and I
he was so exciting and so fresh and I just followed him for years just kind of
just followed him for years just kind of
just followed him for years just kind of learning from him and there was a case
learning from him and there was a case
learning from him and there was a case where I got was something I didn’t
where I got was something I didn’t
where I got was something I didn’t figure that out about
figure that out about
figure that out about I liked that kind of way of thinking
I liked that kind of way of thinking
I liked that kind of way of thinking about the world by sitting in
about the world by sitting in
about the world by sitting in introspecting I found that out by
introspecting I found that out by
introspecting I found that out by hanging out with an extraordinary person
hanging out with an extraordinary person
hanging out with an extraordinary person you know I’ve always been interested in
you know I’ve always been interested in
you know I’ve always been interested in just people who are unusual in some way
just people who are unusual in some way
just people who are unusual in some way unusual good unusual bad strange
unusual good unusual bad strange
unusual good unusual bad strange eccentric I just find that I feel like
eccentric I just find that I feel like
eccentric I just find that I feel like we learn most from people at the fringes
we learn most from people at the fringes
we learn most from people at the fringes and that’s why you constantly have to be
and that’s why you constantly have to be
and that’s why you constantly have to be looking at the fringes even if you don’t
looking at the fringes even if you don’t
looking at the fringes even if you don’t want to be like them they’re the ones
want to be like them they’re the ones
want to be like them they’re the ones who give you the most powerful lesson
who give you the most powerful lesson
who give you the most powerful lesson people at the fringes yeah so you know I
people at the fringes yeah so you know I
people at the fringes yeah so you know I do my book outliers for example was
do my book outliers for example was
do my book outliers for example was about that it was about let’s look at
about that it was about let’s look at
about that it was about let’s look at people who are just not ordinary in fact
people who are just not ordinary in fact
people who are just not ordinary in fact you are almost in some cases more than
you are almost in some cases more than
you are almost in some cases more than extraordinary and let’s sort of figure
extraordinary and let’s sort of figure
extraordinary and let’s sort of figure out what makes them tick I began with
out what makes them tick I began with
out what makes them tick I began with the story of David and Goliath ooh and
the story of David and Goliath ooh and
the story of David and Goliath ooh and then I told the story about the Indian
then I told the story about the Indian
then I told the story about the Indian guy who coached his daughter’s
guy who coached his daughter’s
guy who coached his daughter’s basketball team because they’re both
basketball team because they’re both
basketball team because they’re both examples of people without obvious
examples of people without obvious
examples of people without obvious advantages who who refused to be passive
advantages who who refused to be passive
advantages who who refused to be passive who refused to take that the
who refused to take that the
who refused to take that the conventional notion of themselves as
conventional notion of themselves as
conventional notion of themselves as underdogs as a reason to roll over and
underdogs as a reason to roll over and
underdogs as a reason to roll over and play dead and is that that’s the kind of
play dead and is that that’s the kind of
play dead and is that that’s the kind of spirit that’s the intended to be the
spirit that’s the intended to be the
spirit that’s the intended to be the kind of message of the book which is
kind of message of the book which is
kind of message of the book which is just because you you lack all the things
just because you you lack all the things
just because you you lack all the things that we conventionally believe are
that we conventionally believe are
that we conventionally believe are necessary for success doesn’t mean you
necessary for success doesn’t mean you
necessary for success doesn’t mean you can’t be successful I can’t I can’t have
can’t be successful I can’t I can’t have
can’t be successful I can’t I can’t have some fun opportunity to talk about
some fun opportunity to talk about
some fun opportunity to talk about Jamaica and Usain Bolt yes so what’s
Jamaica and Usain Bolt yes so what’s
Jamaica and Usain Bolt yes so what’s good what is there’s many different
good what is there’s many different
good what is there’s many different explanations for why Jamaicans
explanations for why Jamaicans
explanations for why Jamaicans completely dominate the world of
completely dominate the world of
completely dominate the world of sprinting one explanation though is
sprinting one explanation though is
sprinting one explanation though is simply that if you have if you look at
simply that if you have if you look at
simply that if you have if you look at the history of Jamaican athletics they
the history of Jamaican athletics they
the history of Jamaican athletics they had a series of transcendent runners in
had a series of transcendent runners in
had a series of transcendent runners in the 60s 70s and 80s when you have that
the 60s 70s and 80s when you have that
the 60s 70s and 80s when you have that kind of tradition what that means is if
kind of tradition what that means is if
kind of tradition what that means is if you are a seven-year-old and you’re
you are a seven-year-old and you’re
you are a seven-year-old and you’re athletically minded and you’re growing
athletically minded and you’re growing
athletically minded and you’re growing up in Kingston you have a model for how
up in Kingston you have a model for how
up in Kingston you have a model for how it works look at right.you it’s not it’s
it works look at right.you it’s not it’s
it works look at right.you it’s not it’s more than inspir
more than inspir
more than inspir it’s like you know that someone who grew
it’s like you know that someone who grew
it’s like you know that someone who grew up down the street from you was capable
up down the street from you was capable
up down the street from you was capable of running nine six two in 100 meters
of running nine six two in 100 meters
of running nine six two in 100 meters you know it is not just a abstract
you know it is not just a abstract
you know it is not just a abstract possibility it’s a real thing you’ve
possibility it’s a real thing you’ve
possibility it’s a real thing you’ve watched this guy on the track right same
watched this guy on the track right same
watched this guy on the track right same thing with you know Steph starts
thing with you know Steph starts
thing with you know Steph starts launching threes and suddenly everyone
launching threes and suddenly everyone
launching threes and suddenly everyone is you watch College High School now
is you watch College High School now
is you watch College High School now they are launching threes from so far
they are launching threes from so far
they are launching threes from so far downtown they messed up kids basketball
downtown they messed up kids basketball
downtown they messed up kids basketball I don’t want to do it head but it’s
I don’t want to do it head but it’s
I don’t want to do it head but it’s still it’s like everyone’s all of a
still it’s like everyone’s all of a
still it’s like everyone’s all of a sudden is like whoa it is possible to
sudden is like whoa it is possible to
sudden is like whoa it is possible to routinely make 40-footers yeah at least
routinely make 40-footers yeah at least
routinely make 40-footers yeah at least they taking the shot I’m saying I’m
they taking the shot I’m saying I’m
they taking the shot I’m saying I’m happier that you’re at least taking this
happier that you’re at least taking this
happier that you’re at least taking this shot yeah somebody have to inspire you
shot yeah somebody have to inspire you
shot yeah somebody have to inspire you to take to show you something that’s it
to take to show you something that’s it
to take to show you something that’s it to make it and make it concrete right
to make it and make it concrete right
to make it and make it concrete right it’s concrete when you see somebody down
it’s concrete when you see somebody down
it’s concrete when you see somebody down the street doing it you do not want to
the street doing it you do not want to
the street doing it you do not want to be cornered by meters up kakapo yes
be cornered by meters up kakapo yes
be cornered by meters up kakapo yes it’s just the worst you know that’s
it’s just the worst you know that’s
it’s just the worst you know that’s really bad idea I I really try to get
really bad idea I I really try to get
really bad idea I I really try to get people to kind of just stay away because
people to kind of just stay away because
people to kind of just stay away because it’s not gonna end well we’re supposed
it’s not gonna end well we’re supposed
it’s not gonna end well we’re supposed to be like jabbing you in the stomach
to be like jabbing you in the stomach
to be like jabbing you in the stomach where does that come from this yeah that
where does that come from this yeah that
where does that come from this yeah that does that that thing of you I don’t know
does that that thing of you I don’t know
does that that thing of you I don’t know I mean I know I’ve exaggerating I’m
I mean I know I’ve exaggerating I’m
I mean I know I’ve exaggerating I’m actually a very non I’m largely actually
actually a very non I’m largely actually
actually a very non I’m largely actually totally misanthropic I don’t even like
totally misanthropic I don’t even like
totally misanthropic I don’t even like talking to people here hi I was in
talking to people here hi I was in
talking to people here hi I was in you’re quite good at it so your second
you’re quite good at it so your second
you’re quite good at it so your second language is working yeah
language is working yeah
language is working yeah where did it come from I mean I have
where did it come from I mean I have
where did it come from I mean I have listen I grew up in small town Ontario I
listen I grew up in small town Ontario I
listen I grew up in small town Ontario I now live in New York I have a massive
now live in New York I have a massive
now live in New York I have a massive chip on my shoulder the best best kind
chip on my shoulder the best best kind
chip on my shoulder the best best kind of chip you know a chip with the
of chip you know a chip with the
of chip you know a chip with the terrible thing to waste you should you
terrible thing to waste you should you
terrible thing to waste you should you have to kind of I heard that you and
have to kind of I heard that you and
have to kind of I heard that you and your buddies that Terry said that the
your buddies that Terry said that the
your buddies that Terry said that the best way to be punk rock in to be a
best way to be punk rock in to be a
best way to be punk rock in to be a rebel as a kid in Canada at the time was
rebel as a kid in Canada at the time was
rebel as a kid in Canada at the time was to be conservative ya know so we my
to be conservative ya know so we my
to be conservative ya know so we my mother very artfully had foreclosed
mother very artfully had foreclosed
mother very artfully had foreclosed every avenue of rebellion there’s
every avenue of rebellion there’s
every avenue of rebellion there’s nothing I can do to possibly rebel
nothing I can do to possibly rebel
nothing I can do to possibly rebel except to become a Reaganite which I
except to become a Reaganite which I
except to become a Reaganite which I briefly did in my I had I had a I had a
briefly did in my I had I had a I had a
briefly did in my I had I had a I had a I had a photograph of Ronald Reagan on
I had a photograph of Ronald Reagan on
I had a photograph of Ronald Reagan on my wall for about three months and in
my wall for about three months and in
my wall for about three months and in college until I realized this is the
college until I realized this is the
college until I realized this is the worst idea in the world I am essentially
worst idea in the world I am essentially
worst idea in the world I am essentially making myself into a pariah so I took a
making myself into a pariah so I took a
making myself into a pariah so I took a death
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it is our function in the world is to
it is our function in the world is to take things that are complicated and
take things that are complicated and
take things that are complicated and render them in a form that non experts
render them in a form that non experts
render them in a form that non experts can follow them and make sense of them
can follow them and make sense of them
can follow them and make sense of them that’s my job so it’s like why of course
that’s my job so it’s like why of course
that’s my job so it’s like why of course I and do I occasionally oversimplify of
I and do I occasionally oversimplify of
I and do I occasionally oversimplify of course I do
course I do
course I do that is my job as well sometimes you
that is my job as well sometimes you
that is my job as well sometimes you have to oversimplify if the choice is
have to oversimplify if the choice is
have to oversimplify if the choice is between keeping an issue in the dark
between keeping an issue in the dark
between keeping an issue in the dark because most of us can never access it
because most of us can never access it
because most of us can never access it or maybe oversimplifying it reducing
or maybe oversimplifying it reducing
or maybe oversimplifying it reducing some of the nuance past the point that
some of the nuance past the point that
some of the nuance past the point that experts feel comfortable I will always
experts feel comfortable I will always
experts feel comfortable I will always choose the latter if you can introduce a
choose the latter if you can introduce a
choose the latter if you can introduce a topic to someone in a form that is
topic to someone in a form that is
topic to someone in a form that is digestible then they can start adding
digestible then they can start adding
digestible then they can start adding back the nuance we can have a
back the nuance we can have a
back the nuance we can have a conversation and we can start talking
conversation and we can start talking
conversation and we can start talking about the complexity but you’ve got to
about the complexity but you’ve got to
about the complexity but you’ve got to start the conversation my job the way I
start the conversation my job the way I
start the conversation my job the way I see it is to start the conversation and
see it is to start the conversation and
see it is to start the conversation and there are some people who I think I
there are some people who I think I
there are some people who I think I would charitably call them snobs who are
would charitably call them snobs who are
would charitably call them snobs who are dismissive of any conversation that
dismissive of any conversation that
dismissive of any conversation that doesn’t begin with the full level of
doesn’t begin with the full level of
doesn’t begin with the full level of complexity well that’s just not how the
complexity well that’s just not how the
complexity well that’s just not how the world works you know
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