![]() My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. In recent years countries like France, China, and Mexico have sought to boost entrepreneurship by lifting cultural taboos about failure.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: One reason for that may be a wider embrace of the merits of failure. Growth in technological innovation, meanwhile, suggests that “cultural factors such as trust, patience, and individualism” are deepening, a recent study in the Journal of Economic Growth found. Managers now use more pitchers per game to avoid injuries. ![]() ![]() Salaries for top starting pitchers have swelled to eight figures. ![]() On the ball field, more complex analytics “has led to a reduced risk-taking mode,” New York Yankees manager Brian Cushman told Athlon Sports. Both of those trends are shaped by attitudes about risk. During that same period, the number of business startups in the United States jumped from 2.5 million to 5.4 million, according to the Economic Innovation Group. Between 20, the total number of stolen bases declined by 750. Here’s one way to measure that divergence. But in one significant way, baseball and society may be moving in opposition directions: in their attitude toward risk. The game that Americans have played since the Civil War has always held a mirror to society, offering a reflection of the country’s evolving values. ![]() And then, in a move that left many fans gobsmacked, he was pulled from the game. Clayton Kershaw, longtime ace for the Los Angeles Dodgers and one of the best arms of his generation, retired 21 batters from the opposing Minnesota Twins – 13 by strikeout – over seven innings. It has happened in the major leagues only 23 times in 150 years, on average once every 10,000 games. Every now and then a baseball pitcher will throw a perfect game: 27 batters, 27 outs. ![]()
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