{"id":52633,"date":"2017-03-19T15:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T15:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=52633"},"modified":"2017-03-19T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T15:45:37","slug":"malcolm-gladwell-wants-to-make-the-world-safe-for-mediocrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=52633","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Conversations with Tyler<\/a>
\nMercatus Center at George Mason University
\n2017-03-15<\/p>\n

Tyler Cowen<\/strong><\/a>, Host and Professor of Economics
\nGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nCredit: Caren Louise Photographs<\/small><\/p>\n

Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell<\/a> joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell, Caribbean identity, satire as a weapon, Daniel Ellsberg<\/a> and Edward Snowden<\/a>, Harvard\u2019s under-theorized endowment, why early childhood intervention is overrated, long-distance running, and Malcolm\u2019s happy risk-averse career going from one \u201cfur-lined rat hole to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n