Malcolm Gladwell on the importance of stubbornness

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A very interesting speech of Malcolm Gladwell on stubbornness in below YouTube video.

He makes references to

1. Linear B, i.e., historic greek symbols
2. Michael Ventris, deciphering Linear B
3. Andrew Wiles and his proof for Fermat's Last Theorem, no integer solutions \(a,b,c\) for \(a^n+b^n=c^n\), \(n>2\)
4. Gerhard Frey, linking Taniyama–Shimura conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem
5. the mismatch problem, i.e., finding the right personnel for a task given only information on some predictors, e.g., IQ-tests, height, grades, etc.
6. the capitalization problem, i.e., making full use of the potential of personnel, and not squandering talent

Also see Malcolm Gladwell's article on the Flynn effect: What I.Q. doesn’t tell you about race.