Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Immersive Language Reading on Twigit

Malcolm Gladwell says you can’t understand Bill Gates’s success without understanding his fortunate personal context: he grew up in a good family, went to a private school equipped with a computer lab, and counted Paul Allen as a childhood friend. But perhaps you can’t understand Malcolm Gladwell without understanding his historical context as a Boomer ( born in 1963). When Baby Boomers grow up and write books to explain why one or another individual is successful, they point to the power of a particular individual’s context as determined by chance.

Vocabulary & Translations

Malcolm Gladwell

says

mówi

you can’t

nie możesz

understand

zrozumieć

Bill Gates’s

Billa Gatesa

success

sukcesu

without

bez

understanding

zrozumienia

his fortunate

jego szczęśliwego

personal context

osobistego kontekstu

he grew up

dorastał

in a good

w dobrej

family

rodzinie

went

chodził

to a private

do prywatnej

school

szkoły

equipped

wyposażonej

with a

computer lab

pracownię komputerową

and counted

i uważał

Paul Allen

Paula Allena

as a

childhood friend

przyjaciela z dzieciństwa

But perhaps

Ale być może

you can’t

nie możesz

understand

zrozumieć

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolma Gladwella

without

bez

understanding

zrozumienia

his

jego

historical context

historycznego kontekstu

as a Boomer

jako Boomersa

born

urodzonego

in 1963

w 1963

When

Kiedy

Baby Boomers

Baby Boomersi

grow up

dorastają

and write books

i piszą książki

to explain

żeby wyjaśnić

why

dlaczego

one or another

ta czy inna

individual

jednostka

is successful

odnosi sukces

they point

wskazują

to the power

na siłę

of a particular

konkretnej

individual’s

jednostki

context

kontekstu

as determined

zdeterminowanego

by chance

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