Re:When pop history bombs: a response to Malcolm Gladwell
by jandrese on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @03:04PM
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The only Gladwell book I have read is "Outliers". When reading it I couldn't shake the feeling that he was cherry picking his examples. It never pulled back far enough to study the phenomenon systematically and the examples he did use were scattered all across the world and decades. I ended up being fairly disappointed and have not bothered with any of his other work.
I guess I was most disappointed because it was getting absolutely stellar reviews at the time and I'm not sure why.
I guess I was most disappointed because it was getting absolutely stellar reviews at the time and I'm not sure why.