Up next on booktv, after words, with guest host david plots, editor of slate online magazine. This week amy chua and jed rubenfeld, and their latest book, the triple package. In it they argue that the most successful ethnic groups in america have all had at least one of three characteristics that constitute the triple package; superiority, insecurity and impulse control. They also say that despite the respective success of the groups, all three traits have a dark side that should be avoided. This program is about an hour. Host amy chua and jed rubenfeld, what is the triple package, and where do i get it . Guest the triple package is, refers to three qualities or three elements that in combination, only in combination, propel individuals and Certain Groups to disproportionate success defined in a certain way. Of and the three elements of the to triple package are, first, a sense of exceptionality, and you can get it from lots of different sources, but its just a feeling that youre speci
Or dont have the ability to kind f hang in there and persist even very driven people tend to give up. Host is there a precise volumetric reading of each of these . You used the word dash a second ago, amy, for the sense of inferiority. Are they equally balanced or are there gradations here . Guest we havent developed the metrics yet that would let us evaluate that. Its a great question though. What we do hi from our research is think from our research is if you pile on too much with any one of the elements, it produces bad results. Its part of what we discuss when we talk about the pa tholgs that the triple package can bring with it. Boy, we have not figured out how to precisely measure it yet. Guest i mean, its an interesting its an original hypothesis. I think it has enormous power both for the groups that happen to be doing well right thousand and, actually, for individuals. You think of people who are very, very driven. But, of course, its not a we havent been able to test it in ou