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God what a well written article! I don't have much to say on the subject, but this was pure joy to read, it's crazy good. Clear, engaging, to the point, making

God what a well written article! I don't have much to say on the subject, but this was pure joy to read, it's crazy good. Clear, engaging, to the point, making a difficult subject accessible without dumbing it down, no fluff or unnecessary side stories, just awesomeness.

melling 8y ago
Welcome to The New Yorker. Malcolm Gladwell, as well as many other great writers, can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/malcolm-gladwell https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/malcolm-gladwell This weeks story on Donald Trump might be of interest: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burnett-resurrected-donald-trump-as-an-icon-of-american-success https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burne...
assblaster 8y ago
The only gripe I had with the writing was the completely unnecessary injection of gender pronoun controversy. I highly recommend the AlphaGo movie as well, it does a great job documenting the psychology of professional Go in the world of AI.
- cdelsolar 8y ago
  what gender pronoun controversy? did we read the same article?
  - assblaster 8y ago
    >An expert human player is an expert precisely because her mind automatically identifies the essential parts of the tree and focusses its attention there. Instead of using gender neutral pronoun like "they", the author used a feminine pronoun.
    - skybrian 8y ago
      This is nitpicking. I like using singular "they" and I'm guessing it will win, but this isn't settled yet and some editors make different choices.
      - skyyler 8y ago
        I don't like singular "they", we should try to establish a second person plural pronoun.
    - Para2016 8y ago
      I'm not sure that out of those thousands of words that's the idea that deserves notice and discussion.
    - WillPostForFood 8y ago
      It is especially jarring when there is only one woman in the current top 100 chess players, Yifan Hou ranked 86.
      - erikpukinskis 8y ago
        Are there no expert players outside of the top 100?
    - deleted 8y ago
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    - erikpukinskis 8y ago
      It actually feels to me that you are injecting gender controversy here. The New Yorker style guide allows the author to use he or she at their discretion. That’s been the norm for hundreds of years.

melling 8y ago

Welcome to The New Yorker. Malcolm Gladwell, as well as many other great writers, can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/malcolm-gladwell https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/malcolm-gladwell This weeks story on Donald Trump might be of interest: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burnett-resurrected-donald-trump-as-an-icon-of-american-success https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burne...

assblaster 8y ago

The only gripe I had with the writing was the completely unnecessary injection of gender pronoun controversy. I highly recommend the AlphaGo movie as well, it does a great job documenting the psychology of professional Go in the world of AI.

cdelsolar 8y ago
what gender pronoun controversy? did we read the same article?
- assblaster 8y ago
  >An expert human player is an expert precisely because her mind automatically identifies the essential parts of the tree and focusses its attention there. Instead of using gender neutral pronoun like "they", the author used a feminine pronoun.
  - skybrian 8y ago
    This is nitpicking. I like using singular "they" and I'm guessing it will win, but this isn't settled yet and some editors make different choices.
    - skyyler 8y ago
      I don't like singular "they", we should try to establish a second person plural pronoun.
  - Para2016 8y ago
    I'm not sure that out of those thousands of words that's the idea that deserves notice and discussion.
  - WillPostForFood 8y ago
    It is especially jarring when there is only one woman in the current top 100 chess players, Yifan Hou ranked 86.
    - erikpukinskis 8y ago
      Are there no expert players outside of the top 100?
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - erikpukinskis 8y ago
    It actually feels to me that you are injecting gender controversy here. The New Yorker style guide allows the author to use he or she at their discretion. That’s been the norm for hundreds of years.