Michael Lewis with Malcolm Gladwell: The Undoing Project

I did not feel time pass while listening to these two fascinating people. That surprised me. I'd forgotten how great it feels to have my mind fully engaged by a conversation taking place. I'm grateful for the experience and for the video being easily accessible. Thank you!

My new philosophy in life I learned from this lecture: 1. Do only what you want to do. 2. Have a "what can they do to me" rule.

Is it just me or is Malcolm Gladwell a superb interviewer? He knew what he was doing and he got pretty much what he hoped for. Plus got us hooked from the start and kept us engaged till the end.

I love how Michael Lewis completely shuts down Malcolm's attempt to psychoanalyze his choice of subjects

2 of the greatest literary minds of the day. Genius having Gladwell interview Lewis -- popcorn for the brain!

I love these two together! It´s mental nirvana! Long live them!

My two favorite modern nonfiction writers! Love this so much.

I watched for the 4th time last night..... These 2 are brain candy when they get together, and like an old married couple. Gladwells' needling of Lewis is so entertaining. Two of the best literary minds of the 21st century... Didn't realize Lewis is from NOLA

Great talk! I Love Lewis’ style. I have all of his books and cannot choose a favorite. I enjoyed each one and can not wait for this one!

This was brilliantly, intimately and personally done. I very much enjoyed it and learned some things from it.

I watched it twice soI wouldn't miss anything...loved every minute of it!

got to love both these guys ... such nerdy / smart people .... makes your brain think.

I love these guys! Such rich and fun conversation. Thanks Michael and Malcolm!

It's a joy to listen to you guys.

I LOVE the dynamic between these two amazing authors. They kind of toy with each other in jest, but they’re both so good with words that it’s a joy to watch. I haven’t read everything they’ve both ever written. I have read “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell, and I absolutely LOVED it! He has a way with words, and he’s clearly a very educated and thoughtful man. I haven’t read anything by the other guy (sorry, I can’t recall his name), but I LOVE this conversation! It’s very interesting and awesome! You can feel the mutual respect, but at the same time, they kind of mess with each other in ways. It is a very honest and intriguing discussion overall. Kudos to both of them.

One year passed since this last comment by me below and I still think this talk is as good as the book they are promoting, if not better. :))

Great talk! I love such mind "fight" between such great interlectuals!

For me, what Malcolm is talking about in his "grand organizing theory" of Michael's writing is Jungian - universal narratives of mankind that are part of the collective unconscious. Michael is either not getting that or is playing at resisting it. This is my first time watching these two converse and I agree with Joanna Mendes who commented two years ago, that "these two together are mental nirvana." Malcolm is an introspective person and he writes from that place, seeing a deeply internal human narrative in dynamics that may, on the surface present more externally. He's made a career of that, as he's clearly owned at the top of this conversation when he attempts to unify Michael's book-writing career with his theory. That Michael self-identifies as not-at-all introspective is the creative (and interesting tension) at the top of this video (I've not yet watched the whole thing). Though I am much predisposed toward Malcolm's view (I've read only one of Michael's books and am not familiar with him as a public personality), I'm gleefully anticipating the rest of this repartee between two thinkers who seem to share great mutual respect. BTW, the book I read of Michael's is "Moneyball." I couldn't give a gnat's gonads about baseball. What interested me about this book is the very human central character of the very real life Billy Beane. The most fascinating aspect of that book for me, the non-baseball fan, was in fact all of the INTROSPECTIVE aspects of humanity Lewis reported on in the book. That's why Billy Beane's story matters to me as does his very introspection about the nature of what makes a winning baseball team that lead him to his strategy. So odd that a man (Lewis) who claims to not be introspective wrote such a deeply introspective book. Fascinating.

Two great authors, hugely gifted story tellers, and I tell you what, this is hugely entertaining as much as it is an intellectual feast. People waste so much time watching dumb shows on TV, they don't know what they are missing...

great conversation