![]() ![]() ![]() My approach for the Range afterword was to include genuinely new material - a substantial new story, and research results that didn’t appear elsewhere in the book - and also to prioritize content related to questions I’ve gotten repeatedly from readers since the hardcover publication. ![]() As Malcolm Gladwell once said, when asked about my critique of something he wrote: “I have the luxury of learning from my critics.” And if I can’t learn from a critic whose opinion I value, then I am not - to put it in terms from chapter 11 of Range - a “learning organization.” (If not for him, I wouldn’t have heard of American War, one of my favorite novels.) I took the criticism from the article - of all the afterwords, not just mine - on board. (In fact, it contained a seed that would lead me to Range.)īut I happen to really value that particular critic’s work. I was a little surprised, as the afterword contained some new material. Specifically, I’m excited for the chapter-sized afterword to finally get out into the world.īack when the paperback of The Sports Gene came out, with a new afterword, it was highlighted in a Washington Post article about how useless (and that’s my diplomatic wording) afterwords are. The paperback version of my book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World , is out tomorrow, and I’m kinda excited. ![]()
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