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Gladwell references old fables about unevenly matched footraces to illustrate how, exactly, underdogs can position themselves to win. He has already told the story of the Deer and the Terrapin, wherein the slow Terrapin agrees to race the spritely Deer but strategically places his relatives along the race course, so that each time Deer turns a corner, it seems as if Terrapin is beating him. This differs from the classic story of the Tortoise and the Hare, in which the Tortoise beats the Hare “through sheer persistence and effort” even though he’s considerably slower. Gladwell acknowledges that this story teaches…