![]() MALCOLM GLADWELL has written a book about the power of first impressions, and every. The TED website describes Gladwell as a “pop R&D gumshoe”-not a bad way of describing his unconventional journalistic career. BLINK The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. ![]() With his eloquence, easy humor, and concision, Gladwell is a natural for the TED format. Gladwell is a frequent guest at “TED Talks,” the popular program that invites speakers in the fields technology, entertainment, and design to deliver their ideas in 18 minutes or less. In a 2013 interview, Gladwell admitted that he was “too in love with the broken-windows notion,” and added that he was “so enamored by the metaphorical simplicity of that idea that I overstated its importance.” His 2000 bestseller, The Tipping Point, was credited with popularizing (and even glamorizing) the controversial “broken window theory” of law enforcement-a strategy for cracking down on crime that has been praised for reducing the crime rate but criticized for violating basic rights and civil liberties. Malcolm Gladwell is the first to admit that he’s made mistakes. ![]()
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