How Falling Behind Can Get You Ahead

How Falling Behind Can Get You Ahead

David Epstein’s «Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World» was one of the books that inspired me last year. Since then, there has hardly been a week that I haven’t been reminded of it. If you don’t want to read the entire book, there’s now a TEDx talk in which Epstein walks you through one of his key arguments.


From Weekly Filet #297, in April 2020.

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