Name: Devil’s Advocate: Search Solves a Problem That Isn’t a Problem
Uploaded: 2011-01-24T02:07:48-05:00
Duration: 48 s
Description: Can we make a better engine? Yes. Is the state of search technology the reason we haven’t found a cure for cancer? No.

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Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. His newest book, Talking to Strangers[…]

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