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Clips related to the book's content.
Why Underdogs Do Better in Hockey than Basketball
Vox puts the book's luck–skill continuum on screen: why some sports let the better team win, and others let the underdog hang around.
Talks at Google
Michael Mauboussin walks through the ideas at the heart of the book: where activities sit on the luck–skill continuum, and what that means for how we judge results.
Knowledge at Wharton
A conversation on untangling skill and luck in business: why streaks, slumps, and reversion to the mean fool even careful decision makers.
Heider–Simmel Demonstration
The classic 1944 animation. Watch how irresistibly your mind builds a story from moving triangles. We narrate first, and check the numbers later, which is exactly how luck gets mistaken for skill.