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The two presentations from the two different videos have different messages on choices, including the choices we make in our lives and its influence in the western world. To Malcom Gladwell, he speaks on about people not knowing what they truly want nor can they explain it to you. He mentions how Howard Moskowitz helps revolutionize the way people use to make businesses, by demonstrating that different people will make different choices based on their taste and preferentially liking. So based on his research over the years, Howard Moskowitz has come into a conclusion, there should not be one best item like one perfect spaghetti sauce, instead there should be a variety of choices like many categories of perfect spaghetti sauces. This idea has
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