David Epstein
David Epstein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World and The Sports Gene. He has master's degrees in environmental science and journalism and has worked as an investigative reporter for ProPublica and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He lives in Washington, DC.
David Epstein: Thinking tools for ‘wicked’ problems
Join the lauded author of Range in conversation with best-selling author and poker pro Maria Konnikova!
▸
with
What skills will set you apart in the age of automation?
Robots may be able to beat us at chess, but they still have trouble when it comes to soft skills — making sense of human behavior.
▸
3 min
—
with
Delayed gratification and the quest to bridge the person-situation debate
Are we born with self-control? Or does context change our behavior?
▸
4 min
—
with
How to study better and avoid a test-day disaster
Want to learn better? Here's a lesson from cognitive psychology.
▸
3 min
—
with
Superhuman innovators: How experimentation and struggle fuel new ideas
Why Django Reinhardt might just be the greatest musical innovator you've never heard of.
▸
4 min
—
with
Lateral thinking: The reason you’ve heard of Nintendo and Marvel
Here's why generalists triumph over specialists in the new era of innovation.
▸
5 min
—
with
Why are IQ scores rising? Industrialization rewired our minds.
300 years of industrialization have boosted our IQ scores in one very specific way.
▸
6 min
—
with