Gladwell & Gopnik on Texting: The Death Knell of Culture?

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Gladwell & Gopnik on Texting: The Death Knell of Culture?
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92Y hosts Award-winning journalist Adam Gopnik and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell for a night of thought provoking discussion. Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He has broadcasted regularly for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and wrote the article on American culture for the last two editions of Encyclopedia Britannica. His books include Angels and Ages, Through the Children's Gate, Paris to the Moon, Americans in Paris and The King in the Window.Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. In 2005 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He is the author of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and Outliers: The Story of Success, all of which were #1 New York Times best sellers. His most recent book, What the Dog Saw, is a collection of essays.