TED Talks
David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
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2014 E85 Apr 28, 2014 15mWhen you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them.
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