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Malcolm Gladwell on the importance of self-correction

2024/11/12
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以深入浅出的写作风格和对社会科学的探究而闻名的加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人。
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Malcolm Gladwell: 本书的核心论点是自我修正的重要性。作者认为，承认错误并从中学习是个人和组织进步的关键。他以自身经历和研究为例，阐述了如何有效地进行自我修正，以及如何从错误中吸取教训。他强调了在不同领域，例如流行病学、教育、商业等，自我修正的重要性。他还讨论了防御性悲观主义和战略性乐观主义的差异，以及如何利用这两种思维方式来提高效率。此外，他还探讨了文化多样性的重要性，以及如何避免单一文化带来的负面影响。最后，他还谈到了如何看待成功与失败，以及如何避免将个人价值与成就捆绑在一起。 Adam Grant: Adam Grant 与 Malcolm Gladwell 就自我修正、文化多样性、大学录取标准等话题进行了深入探讨。他与 Gladwell 就防御性悲观主义和战略性乐观主义的有效性进行了辩论，并对 Gladwell 关于单一文化可能导致的负面后果的观点表示赞同。在大学录取方面，他与 Gladwell 就是否应该将体育运动等需要纪律性的活动纳入录取标准进行了讨论。他认为，虽然这些活动能够培养学生的纪律性和毅力，但并不一定需要学生在这些领域取得优异的成绩。此外，他还对 Gladwell 关于如何看待成功与失败，以及如何避免将个人价值与成就捆绑在一起的观点表示认同。

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Malcolm Gladwell discusses the value of acknowledging past mistakes and the importance of self-correction.
  • People perceive changing their mind as costly and sly.
  • The fastest way to make something go away is to admit you were wrong.

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Malcolm Gladwell joins Adam for a lively discussion and debate, recorded live at the Authors@Wharton series. More than 20 years after releasing his blockbuster book The Tipping Point, Malcolm has decided to rethink his first famous ideas by writing his new book, Revenge of the Tipping Point. He and Adam riff on the value of acknowledging our past mistakes, strategies for coping with failure and ways to avoid the traps of homogeneous cultures. They also spar about how to change college admissions and when to stop reading a book.Available transcripts for ReThinking can be found at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts