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...your last book, Outliers, you talked about how success comes not just through genetics or hard work but through context - the situations we stumble into fortuitously. Can you talk a little bit about your own lucky breaks? I've had millions. I was in one of the last generations to sign on with newspapers when newspapers were still hiring lots of young people. To go to the New Yorker and get the editor I got were lucky breaks. I'm also lucky to be an outsider in America. A lot of what Americans take for granted I think...
...brothers attribute the chain’s success to their hard work and focus on customer satisfaction...
...goalie position as a high school freshman simply because it “seemed like fun.” But the Harvard rookie’s rapid improvement becomes even more striking given the fundamental changes from high school competition to collegiate field hockey. Despite Tassopoulos’ past success, it was difficult to predict at the outset of the season whether anyone could be prepared to assume the role as the Crimson’s lone goalie from...
These complications are mainly caused by the implantation of multiple embryos at once, a technique used to increase the rate of success of the procedure—but one that also increases the chance of twins, triplets, or even octuplets. This in turn leads to premature births that need intensive neonatal medical attention. Given this, we believe that fertility clinics and physicians have a moral obligation to avoid implanting multiple embryos...
Both fertility clinics and government health officials are aware of the dangers of multiple embryo implantations. The risks, however, are lost on parents who are desperate to start a family and ignored by physicians who want to keep their success rates high. Parents tend to want to implant multiple embryos in order to increase the chance of pregnancy and avoid paying a second time for the procedure...