Malcolm Gladwell at the LA Times Festival of Books

The LA Times' new speakers series debuted with Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author and phenomenally popular TED Talks speaker, in conversation with The Times' Kenneth Turan in front of a sold-out audience at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

[@simonshawca]

Malcolm interviews and speeches are my new youtube obsession.

[@martinreyes273]

Simon Shaw i second that.

[@intuitionz1198]

third! 💜

[@martinreyes273]

Julie Dill 😁

[@marshetgirma5054]

Mine too...I am chasing his talk all over the tube

[@glacialextract6666]

I didn't know the interview was 50 mins long, and I hardly realized how long I'd been watching this video. Gladwell is fascinating.

[@NovaDexter]

He's a snake oil salesman and you are the sucker who bought it.

[@audrenicholson3996]

Today I listened to your interview with Oprah and had to look you up after learning that your Mom is Jamaican. Well now I am hooked and will have to purchase and read your books. Wonderfully enlightening and easy to listen to!

[@jones6119]

Bravo. Always interesting material to explore.

[@joannep1819]

If only we could all see the world through Malcolm's perspective! Amazing!!

[@paulineamama6327]

Truly one thing

[@Zippy1940]

Malcolm is an extraordinary raconteur.

[@BrettLeMans]

+Richard Loofbourrow : Well said... ;)

[@BrettLeMans]

+Brett Brohman - I agree. I watch all of his interviews...and I'm dumbstruck at his perspective of the human condition. Brilliant.

[@karenzhang1020]

True. Really enjoy his talk!

[@andrewaway]

I like listening to him. This is particularly fascinating.

[@zetetick395]

I think the interviewer is at least 30% sea-lion.

[@ChristopherKStarr]

No, I have been fairly close to sea-lions, and they don't laugh nearly so much. Sea-lions aren't nearly as annoying. Chris Starr

[@mirabaric5367]

Why his snicker is untied?

[@lindaharrison3240]

I was there that year but why I didn't attend this talk is beyond me!

[@mjname]

What the hell is wrong with the auto focus on the camera that is covering Malcolm Gladwell?

[@larryjohnny]

mjname yeah his hair is out of focus and fuzzy... Lol.. He's awesome and his hair too... _very cool...._

[@perezpepito104]

Probably is confused by his hair.

[@missme3331]

So true. All of it.

[@msnandimarie7023]

Blink is fascinating

[@G11713]

Very interesting and entertaining interview, as usual with Malcolm. His comment towards Ferguson at the end is a bit strange considering the police officer did kill a kid and to somehow exonerate him on the grounds that he in the moment suddenly realized he was an incompetent officer and therefore had to kill the child to survive seems a bit rich. :)

[@markdouglas9242]

Maybe I have misunderstood the person of Malcolm Gladwell. He would not have been exonerating the policeman, but merely sharing the policeman’s “thinking“ excusing himself as having no choice but to kill the child. I will try to be like Malcolm’s father, ready to change my mind with the first person who corrects me.

[@enochbrown8178]

I'm trying to follow Gladwell's logic in condemning the 3 strikes law. On the one hand, the law could be viewed as overly punitive and a huge waste of human potential. However, witness Singapore, whose laws are extremely more punitive, e.g., if a person is caught with as little as 10 grams of heroin, he is hung. You may ask, "Well, Singapore must have an equitable and just criminal justice system complete with juries to decide these matters typically in a long, drawn out process which gives the accused the benefit of the doubt, right?" The answer is no, they do not. Singapore has no juries. Furthermore, their judges are, as a matter of fact, political appointees. The result? Not a lot of people being hung or even going to prison, but a lot less drug related crime; actually, a lot less crime in general. In fact, it's practically zero. The irony is that not many Singaporeans bemoan their criminal justice system. Odd, isn't it? So, what system is better in your opinion? The upshot is that the 3 strikes law was considerably more forgiving than the Singaporeans who are touted universally - even among many Americans - as the quintessential model of responsible government in all of Asia.

[@RobertWang789]

Disneyland with the Death Penalty

[@enochbrown8178]

@@RobertWang789 Precisely. Also, if you are given the death penalty, your death is not delayed one day. IMO, that's wonderful!!! In the U.S., criminals deserving of the death penalty get to hang around for decades while they're awaiting appeals. I say, "Screw them."

[@patrickjordan5055]

Multi station smoke detector commercial KZbin video, Yamas

[@deesam8868]

I want him to fall in love with me.

[@perezpepito104]

Revisionism.