"That in embracing the diversity of human beings we will find a surer way to true happiness." That last line stuck with me, because it highlights the notion that we don't know what we want. We think we do because we use vague and loaded terms like happiness, but we do it so often we forget the importance of defining it; even for ourselves. The fun of metaphysics in philosophical discussions is in exploring the meaning of words we've taken for granted. As we explore a term like happiness we embark on a search for meaning, and what better way to search than among a world of ideas.
Diversity is great if everyone gets to eat they’re favorite ice cream flavor not so great when diverse people fight for laws and guns and force the loser to eat the winners ice cream flavor
I've been watching TED all night, and have found each and every lecture incredible to watch. I was watching this one, following along, understanding what he was talking about... and then around 12:45 it hit me, how his entire talk on food was a ruse for life, and how people should aim for what they actually want, not what others dictate. Reminds me a lot of Charlie Brookers "How TV Ruined Your Life" series. This was a brilliant speech about humanity and life. And food.
I actually thought it looked over the top. This is the first time I saw him, but after about a minute of hearing him speak he just fascinated me. Nobody could have made tomato sauce and mustard as interesting as he did. He's an excellent speaker.
Malcolm's book "Outliers" is such a great book about people that achieve excellence and why they do. Very interesting. Brilliant man. I always love hearing him speak.
The way he gaves the approach to the subject of variability and horizontal segmentation is caring and interested on a simple and common thing. Remarkable
I love how he is able to simply put something that is age old. You can please some of the people some of the time. Never all the people all the time. This adage is true because of the one perfect ideal that people are constantly striving for. Even though we can easily look around and see the diversity of thought, taste, & expression around us. Simply sublime, good stuff. P.s. Silence your cell phones during the talk, you we not going to take the call anyway.
My God, I love this man and his presentations. A brilliant colleague recommended his work to me a few years ago, and I've been hooked since. His Revisionist History Podcast is my favorite of all media of its type.
7:55 Plain, Spicy, Extra-Chunky. 9:48 Changing what the food industry does to Make The Customer Happy. 10:20 "People don't know what they want." "The Mind knows not what The Tongue Wants." 11:20 Horizontal Segmentation. 13:10 Different Kinds that service Different People. 16:42 Coffee Clusters.
One of the takeaways I had from this talk is, “there isn’t a one and only way to find true happiness”. All of us have different preferences for spaghetti sauce, likewise, the same could be applied to happiness. What brings joy to others may not necessarily be the same as what brings joy to us. There are a lot of approaches and steps that we can take to find happiness, nonetheless, at the end of the day, it is about what makes WE happy and what sparks joy in US. Albeit, it is also, then, important that we should constantly try out new things, so that we can find out what we really like and want in our life.
I first came to know Howard was when reading the "Salt Sugar Fat" by Michael Moss. He's a genius and this talk was great not only in that Malcolm paid such respect to Howard's work but also in that Malcolm himself brought so much life in this topic.
All of my yardwork company's customers enjoy their very own, custom flavor of service. Each one gets their own favorite flavor! I love it! Listening to this one about a hundred times has truly begun to pay off for me. Thanks!
Who knew pasta sauce and mustard could be so interesting! This man has such a beautiful mind and is a glorious story teller! I have read (I should say listened to, because they were in audiobook form) both Outliers and The Tipping Point. Both were well written (spoken) and insightful. Malcolm Gladwell is indeed doing his great work!
i hope the cooking thing works out for malcolm, he's not too keen with the whole toastmaster's speech making, that is at least until his content is not so vacuous and pointless
Diversity is great when everyone can eat the ice cream flavor they like it doesn’t work when groups of diverse people fight over laws and guns and force the loser to eat their favorite ice cream
It's not only his books that are amazing, his speech are amazing as well. Words are miraculously & carefully put into this speech. As a reader of his books, I can note down and feel the similarity of the way he talks and the way he writes. Merely amazing.
I am no good at remembering names so when I heard you mention that you wrote Blink I was very excited to hear what you had to say Malcolm. I got an audio recording of your book from the library and it played over and over on an journey I took in the car. I was captivated, a wonderful study of humanity. I thoroughly enjoyed your talk. I am still trying to figure out how I can put some of your observations into practice with my online project, but thanks for your knowledge which I know will assist me somehow. Johnnie Lawson
I found Malcolm Gladwell, believe it or not, through Weird Al. He revealed that when he read OUTLIER he realized that he himself was one. Now, on Oct. 30, 2016, at the Lincoln Theater in Washington DC, Malcolm is joining Al for a live discussion of Al's movie UHF. I wish I could attend, because I am fascinated to hear how Gladwell interprets this outliers film.
I want a transcript for every TED talk. People cluster around reading as well as video. Reading and sharing text makes many, many people happy, and is proven to drive internet traffic in many forms from tweets to blogs to social media. TH-cam, Google, TED, enable this!!!
Malcolm Gladwell is a very interesting writer. I started with Outliers. Then I read Blink while I also listened to his audio reading of the book. I can't wait to get the next book at my local library! I'm on a reserve list and still waiting at the Southeast Regional Library, Garner, NC.
The way you make people happy is you make them feel special. My girlfriend asked me how I like my coffee? I answered "with bacon and eggs." Malcolm I really enjoy your head. 28% of which is obvious, that other 70 is fabulous. The last 2% brilliant. Thank you. Iron American Dream on TH-cam.
having watched Barry Schwartz's The Paradox of Choice then this, is pretty interesting. Malcom talked about how variety can make us happier because in a way it gives us the illusion of progressing towards better more sophisticated things, and Barry talked about how too much variety can hinder happiness and cause paralysis.
wow he is awesome ..!! How well he is exceptionally awesome in sharing his ideas. And he is so accurate . I just read his one of the books Outlier and I absolutely love the book. Thank you for the wonderful sharing.I don't know what to do with this information right now but I am pretty sure I will use this sometimes in future.
This reminds me of this time in high school when I stepped in some Malcom Gladwell and tracked it all the way into my Algebra class. I had no idea I'd even stepped in some Malcom Gladwell until the disgusting smell started filling the classroom. By that time, the entire class was smelling Malcom Gladwell and looking around to see where it came from, including me. Then I saw it, the footprints of Malcom Gladwell all leading up to my desk and right to my left shoe, which was half covered in Malcom Gladwell. Possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life. All I'm saying is, just always make sure to check your shoes for Malcom Gladwell before you enter a building and track Malcom Gladwell everywhere.
I truly love mr. Gladwell talks but, if I may say, happiness is dish of pasta with fresh, hand made tomato sauce, garnished by one or two leaves of basil. (As a bonus, the variability of non processed ingredients allows you to practice embracing diversity too)
For those of us who shop for food when we'd rather be doing almost anything else, the huge variety in so many different products is a gigantic drag that results in the process of shopping taking much more of our precious time. Huge stores with too many choices wear me out. Picky eaters are a curse. So, no thanks, Howard Moskowitz! Thank you, Mr. Gladwell for providing a focus for the level of annoyance I experience every time I shop. BTW, the real reason for the excessive number of varieties is the same as the reason they keep rearranging the stores every few weeks: to get me to hang around longer, which demonstrably causes some people to buy more stuff and pick up the more expensive alternative when they give up trying to find the old standard one they want. Finally, the most infuriating thing is when they entirely phase out the product I love (such as Hunt's Hot Ketchup - remember that?) to make room for six new varieties I don't like.
This guy is so stoned. But I like what he's saying, and it lends more creedance to his books-- because he really is as passionate about this information as you would find in his books, so it's cool to see him live and all nerded-out.
Watched this TED again after years of having forgotten about it. I'm struck especially by the last 5 minutes of his adamant, well-thought-out argument against "universal solutions" in any process. I wonder how many Americans would be thrilled to hear that concept and support it wholeheartedly.... until another American challenged them to now apply that very same concept to COVID vaccines.
What an insight. I haven't thought about this before - and the guy who brought up the TV metaphore - you're spot on! There is too much general program going on. We're all liking it in the 60s... no wonder we espace to the net :)
He does a great job pointing out the fallacy of " You get what you pay for ". Most people equate dollar price with value, hence why they will turn up their nose at something too cheaply priced, regardless of actual quality.
I was always shocked about a decade or so ago when Burger King brought out the a veggie burger people were asking for only to find out wasn’t popular at all making it a huge flop. So what Malcolm is saying makes total sense. 🤷🏻♂️
A brilliant talk. A unique perspective and how this can be applied to so many things beyond the food industry. Wow!! "A movement from a search of universals to the understanding of variability. " "Extra chunky spaghetti sauce"👌🤣
The ultimate in all is the individual who trains to produce anything of significance in the most pleasing result suited for that moment it is used. I love chunky sauce and love near every other form at different times. Boring is twice in a row, if I prefer change. Twice in a row suits perfect when twice in a row is my desire. So, original is never same ' same ol' for me.
The same concept applies to internet marketing as well. The more you tailor your ads to specific groups of people, the better your conversion rates will be. Btw my mustard of preference is chunky brown.
This so clearly applies to the music world. There's stuff out there that I would never call music, but the music charts disagree with me. There's even stuff within my music ganres that I dispise, but people thumbs up the TH-cam videos. Incomprehensible.
I pity those who are trying to critique Gladwell just for the sake of it @Creativeo88 ideas couldn't get more original that this - and storytelling is the best way to communicate.. I love Gladwell because he tackles big ideas but does it in a non-condescending and captivating way unlike most other intellectuals.
I've seen this talk 10+ times, and it never ceases to astound me
I can't get enough of Malcolm Gladwell. His ability to relate things and see the bigger picture never ceases to amaze.
My wonderful dudebro...same
He really tanked his credibility during the Munk debates.
"That in embracing the diversity of human beings we will find a surer way to true happiness." That last line stuck with me, because it highlights the notion that we don't know what we want. We think we do because we use vague and loaded terms like happiness, but we do it so often we forget the importance of defining it; even for ourselves. The fun of metaphysics in philosophical discussions is in exploring the meaning of words we've taken for granted. As we explore a term like happiness we embark on a search for meaning, and what better way to search than among a world of ideas.
Excellent point...that line struck me aswell!
Diversity is great if everyone gets to eat they’re favorite ice cream flavor not so great when diverse people fight for laws and guns and force the loser to eat the winners ice cream flavor
I've been watching TED all night, and have found each and every lecture incredible to watch. I was watching this one, following along, understanding what he was talking about... and then around 12:45 it hit me, how his entire talk on food was a ruse for life, and how people should aim for what they actually want, not what others dictate. Reminds me a lot of Charlie Brookers "How TV Ruined Your Life" series. This was a brilliant speech about humanity and life.
And food.
Brilliant observation. Explains why I like decaffeinated cola with no fizz, raw fruits (no pies for me please) and coconut water.
its been 10 yrs mate how are u ?
@@youtubeinnk i was about asking him same thing.. literally 10 years
In embracing the diversity of human beings, we will find a surer way to true happiness - Malcolm Gladwell -- AWESOME!
I like this guy. He know how to take an extremely overlooked concept in life, and draw out meaning from it.
This comment aged magnificently! I especially like your use of 'overlooked', a word now part of Malcolm's catchphrase.
I actually thought it looked over the top. This is the first time I saw him, but after about a minute of hearing him speak he just fascinated me. Nobody could have made tomato sauce and mustard as interesting as he did. He's an excellent speaker.
The ideas behind this topic are applicable to so many things beyond food. Amazing talk.
Malcolm's book "Outliers" is such a great book about people that achieve excellence and why they do. Very interesting. Brilliant man. I always love hearing him speak.
The way he gaves the approach to the subject of variability and horizontal segmentation is caring and interested on a simple and common thing. Remarkable
This is the best TED talk I've seen. He's brilliant.
seriously, and you were not on DMT or LSD? the words prosaic and ponderous come to mind, brilliant not so much
Less so than your analysis, the roots of which already show bare...
He has another one about David and Goliath
He's uber cool Yo!
I love how he is able to simply put something that is age old. You can please some of the people some of the time. Never all the people all the time. This adage is true because of the one perfect ideal that people are constantly striving for. Even though we can easily look around and see the diversity of thought, taste, & expression around us.
Simply sublime, good stuff.
P.s. Silence your cell phones during the talk, you we not going to take the call anyway.
My God, I love this man and his presentations. A brilliant colleague recommended his work to me a few years ago, and I've been hooked since. His Revisionist History Podcast is my favorite of all media of its type.
7:55 Plain, Spicy, Extra-Chunky.
9:48 Changing what the food industry does to Make The Customer Happy.
10:20 "People don't know what they want." "The Mind knows not what The Tongue Wants."
11:20 Horizontal Segmentation.
13:10 Different Kinds that service Different People.
16:42 Coffee Clusters.
12 years ago! Omg and this guys remains the same humble person as he is.
One of the takeaways I had from this talk is, “there isn’t a one and only way to find true happiness”. All of us have different preferences for spaghetti sauce, likewise, the same could be applied to happiness. What brings joy to others may not necessarily be the same as what brings joy to us. There are a lot of approaches and steps that we can take to find happiness, nonetheless, at the end of the day, it is about what makes WE happy and what sparks joy in US. Albeit, it is also, then, important that we should constantly try out new things, so that we can find out what we really like and want in our life.
I first came to know Howard was when reading the "Salt Sugar Fat" by Michael Moss. He's a genius and this talk was great not only in that Malcolm paid such respect to Howard's work but also in that Malcolm himself brought so much life in this topic.
What a brilliant story teller Malcom is. He can make any subject sound interesting.
I want to have his skills! he is a talented guy!
All of my yardwork company's customers enjoy their very own, custom flavor of service. Each one gets their own favorite flavor! I love it!
Listening to this one about a hundred times has truly begun to pay off for me. Thanks!
17 years later and I’m still coming back to this one.
Who knew pasta sauce and mustard could be so interesting! This man has such a beautiful mind and is a glorious story teller!
I have read (I should say listened to, because they were in audiobook form) both Outliers and The Tipping Point. Both were well written (spoken) and insightful. Malcolm Gladwell is indeed doing his great work!
This man is giving out life lessons using extra chunky spaghetti sauce
i hope the cooking thing works out for malcolm, he's not too keen with the whole toastmaster's speech making, that is at least until his content is not so vacuous and pointless
And I think the Chunky Vegitable is the bomb!
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Diversity is great when everyone can eat the ice cream flavor they like it doesn’t work when groups of diverse people fight over laws and guns and force the loser to eat their favorite ice cream
@@michaeltevis1180 Ever heard of majority rule?
This is great. I love how honest he is
One of my favorite talks of all time! Timeless!
I love all three of his books. He's a great story teller. Captivating.
It's not only his books that are amazing, his speech are amazing as well. Words are miraculously & carefully put into this speech. As a reader of his books, I can note down and feel the similarity of the way he talks and the way he writes. Merely amazing.
I wish there were more videos like this. Just a good speaker telling a good story.
Malcom has a beautiful mind, and I appreciate him sharing it with the world, in a reltable demeanor.
It's important to recognize the difference between the importance of variability, and the importance of offering choice.
13 years ago and still so brilliant.
He is so right! And it applies for everything, too.. Not the universal truth, but your individual truth will make you happy.
I am no good at remembering names so when I heard you mention that you wrote Blink I was very excited to hear what you had to say Malcolm.
I got an audio recording of your book from the library and it played over and over on an journey I took in the car. I was captivated, a wonderful study of humanity.
I thoroughly enjoyed your talk.
I am still trying to figure out how I can put some of your observations into practice with my online project, but thanks for your knowledge which I know will assist me somehow.
Johnnie Lawson
+M b If you check out his channel, he sure does an awful lot of choices for the different relaxation videos he has there. ;)
Malcolm Gladwell has a fascinating mind, the picture of thinking outside the box.
I have this on in the background more often than I should at work, mainly because his voice is very calming.
These facinating educational entertaining videos are just awesome. I wish Tv would cut out all those reality shows and put this stuff on.
I watch this talk after every few months. My favorite TED Talk
Same
Lml
Why??
The second time watching this I substituted tomato sauce and mustard for people and I became enlightened
:)
This is very true and your comment from mf 2009 made me actually re-watch it. This internet is so random and beautiful at times.
FIrst time watching this one....now I have to do it again with people in mind! Thank you for sharing!
still one of my favorite videos of all time, i always watch this when i eat spaghetti
I found Malcolm Gladwell, believe it or not, through Weird Al. He revealed that when he read OUTLIER he realized that he himself was one.
Now, on Oct. 30, 2016, at the Lincoln Theater in Washington DC, Malcolm is joining Al for a live discussion of Al's movie UHF.
I wish I could attend, because I am fascinated to hear how Gladwell interprets this outliers film.
Dear Malcolm, I enjoy your insightful lectures &'observations.
Great example to reach the understanding the diversity of human beings necessities and desires. Very helpful!
This that Grey Poupon, that Evian, that TED Talk, ayy
Tyler Evans watch my soul speak,you let the meds talk ayy
If I kill a homie it won't be the alcohol
grey poupon don revelon rap most want homies smoked like hilshire farms - ghostface wu
I want a transcript for every TED talk. People cluster around reading as well as video. Reading and sharing text makes many, many people happy, and is proven to drive internet traffic in many forms from tweets to blogs to social media. TH-cam, Google, TED, enable this!!!
he's a very intelligent guy. great speaker and writer as well. just superb
Malcolm Gladwell is a very interesting writer. I started with Outliers. Then I read Blink while I also listened to his audio reading of the book. I can't wait to get the next book at my local library! I'm on a reserve list and still waiting at the Southeast Regional Library, Garner, NC.
I agree. His books are enlightening. My love of reading has been rekindled thanks to Mr. Gladwell.
The way you make people happy is you make them feel special.
My girlfriend asked me how I like my coffee? I answered "with bacon and eggs." Malcolm I really enjoy your head. 28% of which is obvious, that other 70 is fabulous.
The last 2% brilliant. Thank you.
Iron American Dream on TH-cam.
having watched Barry Schwartz's The Paradox of Choice then this, is pretty interesting. Malcom talked about how variety can make us happier because in a way it gives us the illusion of progressing towards better more sophisticated things, and Barry talked about how too much variety can hinder happiness and cause paralysis.
Thank you Howard, we Love extra chunky garden and wouldn't have it without your hardwork.
That was beautiful. Now I have to watch all of his videos.
This man is brilliant, all his books are amazing.
I think Malcolm Gladwell and sideshow Bob are the same person
that dam rake is sending back his hairline
I knew I had seen him somewhere
Woah ! This Ted Talk actually introduced me to a living food technology legend !
So far I've only read Outliers, but it was great, one of the better books I've read. I'm anxious to read his others.
This is one of my favorite ted talks.
11:00 I would say I don't like coffee, but I still drink it, so for me, I want flavors, good flavored coffee.
Malcolm is such a compelling storyteller. He's clearly a graduate of the Jamaican tradition of oral tale-telling.
16:45 This is something I apply to everything.
Wow, they should have more of these regular Joe types. This talk was very intriguing!
one of the best ted talks ever!!
wow he is awesome ..!!
How well he is exceptionally awesome in sharing his ideas.
And he is so accurate .
I just read his one of the books Outlier and I absolutely love the book.
Thank you for the wonderful sharing.I don't know what to do with this information right now but I am pretty sure I will use this sometimes in future.
This reminds me of this time in high school when I stepped in some Malcom Gladwell and tracked it all the way into my Algebra class. I had no idea I'd even stepped in some Malcom Gladwell until the disgusting smell started filling the classroom. By that time, the entire class was smelling Malcom Gladwell and looking around to see where it came from, including me. Then I saw it, the footprints of Malcom Gladwell all leading up to my desk and right to my left shoe, which was half covered in Malcom Gladwell. Possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life. All I'm saying is, just always make sure to check your shoes for Malcom Gladwell before you enter a building and track Malcom Gladwell everywhere.
I truly love mr. Gladwell talks but, if I may say, happiness is dish of pasta with fresh, hand made tomato sauce, garnished by one or two leaves of basil.
(As a bonus, the variability of non processed ingredients allows you to practice embracing diversity too)
I can relate to this. Sometime I do not know what I want until it is given to me.
Even this guy’s hair looks like it’s thinking all the time.
Really great talk.
Malcolm Gladwell, a legend.
For those of us who shop for food when we'd rather be doing almost anything else, the huge variety in so many different products is a gigantic drag that results in the process of shopping taking much more of our precious time. Huge stores with too many choices wear me out. Picky eaters are a curse. So, no thanks, Howard Moskowitz! Thank you, Mr. Gladwell for providing a focus for the level of annoyance I experience every time I shop. BTW, the real reason for the excessive number of varieties is the same as the reason they keep rearranging the stores every few weeks: to get me to hang around longer, which demonstrably causes some people to buy more stuff and pick up the more expensive alternative when they give up trying to find the old standard one they want. Finally, the most infuriating thing is when they entirely phase out the product I love (such as Hunt's Hot Ketchup - remember that?) to make room for six new varieties I don't like.
Love this guy. Definitely gonna read his books.
This guy is so stoned. But I like what he's saying, and it lends more creedance to his books-- because he really is as passionate about this information as you would find in his books, so it's cool to see him live and all nerded-out.
I was just thinking the same watching this. If I did not know better I whould think that he is so right.
I just listened to "Blink" audio book, and now I am thinking too much about things that used to be natural. He is an interesting man
Now to watch him debate with Douglas Murray and Matt Taibbi on the Munk Debate.
Watched this TED again after years of having forgotten about it. I'm struck especially by the last 5 minutes of his adamant, well-thought-out argument against "universal solutions" in any process. I wonder how many Americans would be thrilled to hear that concept and support it wholeheartedly.... until another American challenged them to now apply that very same concept to COVID vaccines.
So that's how we got 29,767 choices of health care insurance.
Some poeple take away details - some people take away overall concepts - you are all correct and have been listening :-)
people are different so treating them differently makes them happy
What an insight. I haven't thought about this before - and the guy who brought up the TV metaphore - you're spot on! There is too much general program going on. We're all liking it in the 60s... no wonder we espace to the net :)
He does a great job pointing out the fallacy of " You get what you pay for ". Most people equate dollar price with value, hence why they will turn up their nose at something too cheaply priced, regardless of actual quality.
I was always shocked about a decade or so ago when Burger King brought out the a veggie burger people were asking for only to find out wasn’t popular at all making it a huge flop. So what Malcolm is saying makes total sense. 🤷🏻♂️
I can listen to this guy for hours
Haven't read The Tipping Point yet, after watching this talk, that book is next on the list.
an excellent speaker
A brilliant talk. A unique perspective and how this can be applied to so many things beyond the food industry. Wow!!
"A movement from a search of universals to the understanding of variability. "
"Extra chunky spaghetti sauce"👌🤣
The ultimate in all is the individual who trains to produce anything of significance in the most pleasing result suited for that moment it is used. I love chunky sauce and love near every other form at different times. Boring is twice in a row, if I prefer change.
Twice in a row suits perfect when twice in a row is my desire.
So, original is never same ' same ol' for me.
Such and obvious and yet remarkable insight.
Ideas that changed the world. Loved it
Malcom is brilliant.
My favorite TedTalk ever!
The same concept applies to internet marketing as well. The more you tailor your ads to specific groups of people, the better your conversion rates will be.
Btw my mustard of preference is chunky brown.
It took me a while to figure out where he was going with this story, but it was worth the wait.
After watching this Ted Talk, you can not miss its counter argument on Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice. Both brilliant!
All this talk about pasta sauce is making me hungry..
Malcolm Gladwell rocking the Sideshow Bob hair do.
This so clearly applies to the music world. There's stuff out there that I would never call music, but the music charts disagree with me. There's even stuff within my music ganres that I dispise, but people thumbs up the TH-cam videos. Incomprehensible.
Bless Harold for his innovative chunkiness
best Ted talk
I pity those who are trying to critique Gladwell just for the sake of it
@Creativeo88 ideas couldn't get more original that this - and storytelling is the best way to communicate..
I love Gladwell because he tackles big ideas but does it in a non-condescending and captivating way unlike most other intellectuals.
LOUD INTELLEGENT SPEECH PUT FORWARD IN A HUMOROUS INTERETING PERSONAL WAY....right?
10:29 mind knows not what tongue wants
Love this! Glad to find this view presented, which fits my reality better.
Didn't agree with Barry Schwartz's view about limiting choices.