Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

“part of the impetus for the new book came out of the most common reader questions i would get from range my previous book ”

“they cited a lot of the studies that i cite in range but and and plus some newer ones but there were three main buckets that they divided the ”

“david epstein who wrote range um who's been on the podcast before ”

“even with range which worked well i was terrible at like drawing boundaries around my project ”

“have you read uh david epstein's book range ”

“david epstein talks in one of his books a lot about s this the sorting ”

“that was one of the the one that we did on range was one of the highest play that i'd ever ”

“we were talking earlier about range the book ”

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“the book range talks about a wicked learning environment where every day the rules change ”

“david epstein's book range ”

“my guest today david epstein author of range and the sports gene which many of you have probably read ”

“and if you read his book range which i loved his book the sports gene which is really good or his new book inside the box i think you'll see it's a theme of his work ”

“he is an investigative journalist a science writer and a bestselling author of the book range ”

“today's guest is david epstein a journalist and the author of range and now inside the box how constraints make us better ”

“his books the sports gene and range are truly essential reading ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“back in 2019 david epstein joined me to talk about his book range and why generalists often thrive in a specialized world ”

“discussing his book range our topic for today is his latest book inside the box how constraints make us better ”

“we recently selected inside the box by david epstein as our book of the season ”

“david is a superb author who published a hugely influential book in 2019 called range ”

“range why generalists triumph in a specialized world ”

“i've raved for many years about his book range ”

“his last book range was about how journalists are primed to succeed over specialists in our modern world ”

“david is a science writer and investigative journalist best known for his number one new york times bestseller range ”

“i mean i wrote a chapter about it in range about this good judgment and also philip tetlock the psychologist has written about some of this ”

“his last book range was a number one new york times bestseller ”

“range why generalists triumph in a specialized world colossal bestseller came out about six years ago ”

“david epstein is the author of the sports gene and range ”

“david epstein as i mentioned he has a new book coming out called inside the box ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“last year i was having a break between finishing this book and then needing to come on podcasts and talk about it and and i read a book called range by david epstein ”

“there's range which we were talking about ”

“one of my favourite books that i've read over the last 10 years is by a science writer called david epstein and the book's called range ”

“the second half of range impacted me and david epstein yeah yeah and the book's known for being this antidote to malcolm ”

“relates to a lot of the concepts in the back of range the book by david epstein ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“he did range which i adored ”

“i'm in the middle of reading a book called range by david epstein right now ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“there's a book that david epstein wrote called range and the whole premise of range is that we're moving out of the era of the specialists and into the era of the generalists ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s

“the book by david epstein i think he might have even had him on a podcast he talks through that and these people who are multi dimensional and connect worlds in different ways ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s

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“david epstein wrote a book called range which was a it was kind of a counterpunch to the ten thousand hour thing by malcolm gladwell ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s

“i know you've had i think you've had david epstein on the show who wrote range and the the concept of you know generalist learning versus specialized learning ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s

“his second range is out today and i highly recommend it ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s