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David Epstein
@DavidEpstein
author RANGE, TheSportsGene, and now INSIDE THE BOX: How Constraints Make Us Better. (Pic is w/Frances Hesselbein).
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    David Epstein
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    Apr 29
    Holy cow, that is crazy praise coming from a thinker I admire 🙏
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    Josh Wolfe
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    Apr 29
    1/ I just finished one of the best books I've EVER read. Comes out next week. My friend @DavidEpstein (Range, The Sports Gene) has written a masterpiece on the virtue of constraints, of not thinking OUTSIDE the box but "INSIDE the BOX"... As a few quick excerpts that 🤯...
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    David Epstein
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    Aug 5, 2024
    Bolt's top speed when he set the WR was 27.8mph (according to Olympics site). In the 100 final tonight, Tebogo hit 27.9
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    David Epstein
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    Apr 30, 2019
    It’s real! ...so I’ll probably be tweeting on it somewhat regularly starting in a few weeks for a bit. It was ~150% as much work as the sports gene and I’m proud of the effort. I’ll aim to be mostly interesting and only a little annoying, but feel free to tell me how I’m doing!
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    David Epstein
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    Mar 30, 2020
    for goodness sake i need a new last name
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    David Epstein
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Martin Luther King Jr. once got a C in public speaking. Have a nice weekend.
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    David Epstein
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    May 15, 2022
    Seen a lot of track meets; never seen someone fall in the 100m hurdles and win.
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    Lindsay Crouse
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    May 15, 2022
    Wow this race video was not about what I expected 👏
    Old Tappan Track & Field
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    Old Tappan Track & Field
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    David Epstein
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    Apr 22, 2019
    today's lesson in lying with statistics
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    B/R Football
    Bleacher Report
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    Apr 22, 2019
    Kylian Mbappe hit @usainbolt levels of fast ⚡
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    David Epstein
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    Jul 20, 2020
    guess I should tweet this now in case I get one star
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    David Epstein
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    Dec 12, 2022
    1/🧵 It's been a week. The woman in my profile pic, FrancesHesselbein, passed away yesterday — at 107. (Was still working at leadership institute she founded in NYC.) That's me w/her 👇. She's 103.5 in that pic (taken by @mkonnikova). Not. Bad. I want to share a bit about her...
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    David Epstein
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    Feb 3, 2020
    according to The Accountant's Story, by Pablo Escobar's brother and accountant, it took $2,500 a month to buy enough rubber bands to hold together the incoming cash
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    David Epstein
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    Apr 7, 2024
    No surprise: "Brent Clark is often asked by other parents how he and his wife Anne nurtured Caitlin to become the basketball star that she is. His answer? Get your children engaged with as many different activities as possible, sports or otherwise."
    Leistikow: Why Iowa basketball's Caitlin Clark could have been a superstar in soccer, too
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    David Epstein
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    Jan 8, 2021
    To learn more about the crisis (and solutions) of local news, check out @AndrewYang talking w/@elizwgreen ...from my writing room...(look I’m not a professional lighting person but she still looks great and is the best) m.youtube.com/watch?v=16-FXC…
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    Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸
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    Jan 7, 2021
    There are 3 problems with our media that are fueling polarization: 1. The closing of 2,000 local papers, which are typically not very partisan; 2. Cable news maximizing audience share by adopting political stances (Fox); and 3. Social media’s supercharging of conspiracy theories.
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    David Epstein
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    Jul 8, 2014
    in dog goals, it's 49-0
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    David Epstein
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    Oct 1, 2019
    4-yr sanction. Arbitration panel determined that Salazar: 1) Administered a prohibited method 2) Tampered and/or attempted to tamper with NOP athletes’ doping control process 3) Trafficked and/or attempted trafficking of testosterone.
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    Mark Daly
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    Sep 30, 2019
    Alberto Salazar, the famed Nike coach who guided Britain's Sir Mo Farah to Olympic glory, has been found guilty of doping violations and banned for four years, the BBC understands 1/5