Conversations We Love: Malcolm Gladwell

JL;DR SUMMARY In a conversation with Yonit and Jonathan, literary giant Malcolm Gladwell discusses his impact on popularizing non-fiction, the negative effects of social media on our perception of reality, and a personal anecdote about how a wedding toast once disrupted a friendship of his. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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