I especially enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell’s pick: “Dara Torres medalling in the 2008 Olympics at forty.” When I first read this, I thought: Gladwell’s finally lost his grip. After all, Torres’ medal wasn’t even the biggest story of that afternoon. The headlines were dominated by America’s amphibious sweetheart, Michael Phelps.
But then I remembered: Gladwell’s cagey, there’s always a method to his madness. He’s probably working on a book about engineering humans to enhance and extend peak performance. Spec title? “Grey to Gold.” Not a bad idea. You heard it here first.
More decade retrospective stuff to come.
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