David Epstein – Wide or Deep? – [Invest Like the Best, EP.133]

Show Notes

0:00 – (First Question) – What he uncovered in “The
Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance” that
led him to his latest book

            1:26 – Debate with Malcolm Gladwell
(YouTube)

3:00 – What did the public pay most attention to and what
did they gloss over

6:44 – How his views on nature vs nurture shifted during the
process of writing The Sports Gene

8:53 – Blending practice with your nature

11:52 – His process of reading 10 journal articles a day as
part of his research

17:54 – Exploring his new book “Range:
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World”, and his idea of Martian
tennis

21:51 – Idea of the cult of the head start and how we set up
our own feedback loops

27:46 – What does his research say about the nations
education system

29:30 – The Flynn Effect chapter

32:43 – Hacks for learning

36:40 – The concept of struggle and harnessing the power of
it

45:19 – Personality changes and how to drive those changes
in a positive way

50:48 – Using the outside perspective in businesses for more
productive outcomes and how it applied to Nintendo

            51:47 – Josh Wolfe Podcast Episode

1:03:34 – Other examples of using withered technologies, 3M

1:07:48 – The arc of his work and how it has evolved

1:12:42 – Taking a different view on problems

            1:16:40 – Ending
Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives

1:16:52 – Anyway to change these bad trends with new
strategies