David Epstein's Blog

My new book, Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, is out today!

It has been seven years since I’ve had a book out. In the interim, we had a global pandemic; I became a parent; we went back to the moon; Taylor Swift led the Chiefs to a Super Bowl. A lot has happened.

It is an interesting thing to spend a few years in your head, fascinated by a topic, sharing your ideas with only a tiny number of people you know, and then, all in a flash, to find out what strangers think. “Abrupt” is a word that comes to mind. Also exciting, unusual, daunting.

If you liked Range or The Sports Gene, or any of my other writing (like my Substack!), I think you'll really love ]Inside the Box.

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