the boss; david, goliath, and the story of the universal metaphor

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I know this is totally not timely anymore, but, it will never stop being the most awesome use of Slate employee time ever:



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Great Gladwell piece in this week's New Yorker about how Davids beat Goliaths. His signature really-cheesey-narrative-voice still shines through here and there, but I guess I can get over it, though I'd prefer it if he did instead. [THANKS LEX / THANKS FOR NOTHING]