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How Malcolm Gladwell, Simon Sinek, And Walter Isaacson Play Games With Research | SVIC Podcast #39


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Alex Edmans, author of "This Book May Contain Lies" (https://amzn.to/3LPGd3D). His book uses colorful examples—from a wellness guru’s tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder’s death—Edmans highlights the biases that cause us to mistake statements for facts, facts for data, data for evidence, and evidence for proof.
Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more.
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Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more.
Chapters
00:00 Unraveling Misinformation: The Ladder of Misinformation
03:44 Challenging Information: Imagine the Opposite
04:42 Simon Sinek Gets The Facts Wrong
11:52 Walter Isaacson's Messes Up Steve Job's Story
17:48 Personality Tests: Validity and Limitations
18:18 Malcom Gladwell's 10,000 Hours of Folly
22:37 Context Matters: Evaluating Evidence
28:33 Rational Sustainability: A Nuanced Approach

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