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David Epstein I Object to “Gladwell’s Law”
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Key Idea
so I feel obliged to point out that the Jamaican sprint factory is powered by youth “sports days” at school where literally everyone tries sprinting in an atmosphere geared toward fun. (Sometimes there are potato sack races, and adults join in.) None other than Usain Bolt wanted to be a cricketer (his second choice was soccer),