Malcolm Gladwell is not your average speaker. Most people, asked to speak at a TED talk,
would not bring up the subject of spaghetti sauce but that is just the kind of
person Malcolm Gladwell is. He has a
different perspective on things then most. One of the topics he discusses is the Bible
Story about David and Goliath. This
story is about two armies who each send one person from their army down to
fight. Goliath represents one army. He is an extremely
tall giant with armor and a sword. David represents the other army and is merely a shepherd who refuses to wear any armor at
all. The only thing that he has are five small rocks and his shepherd’s stick. David ends up winning the fight by throwing a stone and hitting Goliath in the
forehead with the impact from the stone making Goliath unable to get up. Everyone takes this story as a tale of the
underdog but, Malcolm Gladwell does not.
He believes that David was the favorite all along. Gladwell’s odd reasoning brings out points
that no one has considered before. Malcolm Gladwell takes every basic topic he
is given and goes more in depth to find another message. He looks for the story underneath the story.
Malcolm
Gladwell takes things that interest him and goes a step farther by looking
under the cover story. A phenomenon, such
as the ones Gladwell investigates, that I have observed is why people
favor certain color m&m’s others.
To me this is silly because all m&m’s taste the same. The colored coating is not flavored, it is
just a color that surrounds the chocolate.
Maybe some people like certain colors because it’s their favorite color
or that color makes them feel a certain way.
For example, maybe the color yellow makes them happy. Why some of these phenomenons exist is a
mystery but, looking a little deeper may reveal the answer.
If you would like to see TED talks by Malcolm Gladwell and others here is a hyperlink to the TED talk website:
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