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“No, seriously, everyone has to determine what the best use of their time and energy is,” Malcolm Gladwell says in his chat. “I don’t, because I worry that the time I devoted to tweeting would take time away from things with more impact and permanence.” MORE GLADWELL: “Twitter will save newspapers once newspapers become capable of telling their stories in 140 characters.”
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Gladwell: I don’t tweet because life is too short
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