<description>&lt;p&gt;Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Cohen joins guest host Jimmy Soni, CEO of Infinite Books, to explore the hidden art of making things better. They explore the hot hand phenomenon in basketball, why Moneyball shaped a generation of journalists, the peanut butter and jelly crisis in the Warriors locker room, why ASML is the most important company you've never heard of, the strange story of Driscoll's tastiest berries, and the troubled development of The Princess Bride.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Important Links:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Learn more about Ben here: &lt;a href= "https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ben-cohen"&gt;https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ben-cohen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Read The Science of Success: &lt;a href= "https://www.wsj.com/news/types/science-of-success"&gt;https://www.wsj.com/news/types/science-of-success&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Read The Hot Hand: &lt;a href= "https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/hothand"&gt;https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/hothand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Infinite Loops

Jim O'Shaughnessy

Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)

JUN 18, 202680 MIN
Infinite Loops

Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)

JUN 18, 202680 MIN

Description

Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Cohen joins guest host Jimmy Soni, CEO of Infinite Books, to explore the hidden art of making things better. They explore the hot hand phenomenon in basketball, why Moneyball shaped a generation of journalists, the peanut butter and jelly crisis in the Warriors locker room, why ASML is the most important company you've never heard of, the strange story of Driscoll's tastiest berries, and the troubled development of The Princess Bride. Important Links: Learn more about Ben here: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ben-cohen Read The Science of Success: https://www.wsj.com/news/types/science-of-success Read The Hot Hand: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/hothand