How to Convince the World of Bulls**t & Evil - Malcolm Gladwell (Video)

In this 6 December 2025 published Modern Wisdom video, host Chris Williamson talks with Malcolm Gladwell, a journalist, podcast host and an author.
Do contagious diseases, memetic epidemics, and drug epidemics spread through the same underlying pathways? The answer may explain why society keeps falling into the same contagious patterns, and how we might prevent future memetic epidemics before they happen.
Expect to learn what the history of the death penalty is in the United States, what the “Tipping Point” means and what happened when we reached it, how epidemics of ideas differ from epidemics of drugs, what makes someone a “super-spreader” of social change, the “tipping point” dynamic of trans athletes in sports, if we are responsible for the epidemics we start and more.
https://youtu.be/f4eRf4EHb08
- 0:00 Does the Death Penalty Reflect America’s True Values?
- 6:36 Why the US Still Clings to Capital Punishment
- 13:37 How Social Influence Has Shifted Since Malcolm’s First Book
- 26:37 What Spreads Faster: Drug Epidemics or Dangerous Ideas?
- 35:29 How Parental Behaviours Shape Who We Become
- 43:28 Why We’re So Quick to Blame Our Parents
- 48:00 Why are Stories More Infectious Than Fact?
- 55:51 Is the Trans Athlete Debate Worthy of Headlines?
- 01:02:34 Should College Athletes Get More Academic Flexibility?
- 01:11:32 Keep Up to Date With Malcom
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