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Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell

@Gladwell

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Joined December 2008

Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Aug 13, 2020
At this blessed moment for (half) Jamaicans, a personal story. Many years ago a talented young man enrolled at the Univ of West Indies. He asked his advisor: what should he study? “Math!” his advisor said. That student? Kamala’s dad. That advisor? My dad.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jul 8, 2020
I signed the Harpers letter because there were lots of people who also signed the Harpers letter whose views I disagreed with. I thought that was the point of the Harpers letter.
Jenny Boylan 🍯
@JennyBoylan
Jul 7, 2020
I did not know who else had signed that letter. I thought I was endorsing a well meaning, if vague, message against internet shaming. I did know Chomsky, Steinem, and Atwood were in, and I thought, good company. The consequences are mine to bear. I am so sorry.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jan 28, 2017
I moved to America 32 years ago. Yesterday was the first day I felt ashamed to be part of this country.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Sep 4, 2018
Huh. Call me old-fashioned. But I would have thought that the point of a festival of ideas was to expose the audience to ideas. If you only invite your friends over, it’s called a dinner party.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Aug 13, 2020
Replying to @Gladwell
No math, no Berkeley grad school. No grad school, no marrying Kamala’s mom. No marriage, no Kamala. Ok. I’m stretching things. But if Kamala wins it all one day, my Dad (from up there) will be happy man.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Mar 3, 2018
I have peaked.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Oct 24, 2016
Gucci Mane, ladies and gentlemen. This might be the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jul 23, 2022
Me: “You know I’m half-Jamaican?” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (maybe greatest ever female sprinter): “There is no such thing as a half-Jamaican.”
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Feb 24, 2019
Hilarious Dinesh D’Souza fact. In college his nickname was Distort D’Newsa. This was 35 years ago. People got wise to him a long time ago.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
May 14, 2019
This totally restored my faith in humanity
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Sep 4, 2018
Joe McCarthy was done in when he was confronted by someone with intelligence and guts, before a live audience. Sometimes a platform is actually a gallows.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jan 3, 2022
I’m stunned by the lack of sympathy for Antonio Brown. He’s clearly struggling. Is this how we treat people who are going through difficult times?
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jan 13, 2018
What did we talk about before Trump? I forget.
Malcolm Gladwell
@Gladwell
Jan 8, 2019
Just reading the responses to my @NewYorker piece on the unknowns about marijuana. I’m puzzled why pot advocates would be hostile to the idea of learning more about the consequences of their habit. Haven’t we been through this w the climate deniers?