Monday, July 20, 2009

Warning: Your next big mistake is just around the corner

Why?

Because:

"As we grow older and more experienced, we overrate the accuracy of our judgments." - (Malcolm Gladwell)


Malcolm Gladwell, the author of the "The Tipping Point", offers his insight into why people still manage to f*** up even after seemingly having everything under control - or more precisely why he thinks Bear Sterns went down in the New Yorker.

Also, on Bear Sterns, Vanity Fair has a take on how it all came crashing down for the giant. According to this piece - the main culprit ... a simple rumor.

The scary part. The rumor was false.

The result...

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