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Malcolm Gladwell
Posted on 9/22/19 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 9/22/19 at 9:56 pm
Just finished Talking to Strangers, fantastic book. Starting on Blink next.
I had never heard of him before Friday??
I had never heard of him before Friday??
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 3:44 pm
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Posted on 9/23/19 at 12:12 am to ecb
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Malcolm Gladstone
Never heard of him
Posted on 9/23/19 at 7:56 am to ecb
Did he plagiarize those books from Malcolm Gladwell?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 11:10 am to ecb
Must be Joey's brother?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 11:53 pm to ecb
Malcolm Gladwell?
Posted on 9/29/19 at 2:46 pm to ecb
Posted on 9/29/19 at 7:05 pm to ecb
Descendant of the British prime minister. I
Presume.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 12:25 pm to ecb
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Malcolm Gladstone
Great character in Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comic adventures
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 3:44 pm to memphis tiger
I guess so, ??
Gladwell,
Gladwell,
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:38 pm to ecb
I think he kind of broke onto the scene with Outliers. It's interesting, and the first time I read it I was fascinated by the artgul way he constructs an analysis of the data trends he observes. I've learned over time, from many subsequent listenings to Outliers, he is deftly skilled at using data to reinforce his world view. The Great Doctor Thomas Sowell, one of my favorite humans of the modern world, is everything Gladwell aspires to be, and all that he could never become.
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 10/2/19 at 1:26 pm to ecb
Apparently Talking to Strangers is selling more as an audiobook than a physical copy, which is unheard of in publishing.
He did create a podcast-like audiobook after his success with Revisionist History.
I like Gladwell. He’s a bit reductionist and more of a summarizer/aggregator than anything, but that’s his niche and he’s good at it.
Just read The Tipping Point. Talking to Strangers is in deck.
He did create a podcast-like audiobook after his success with Revisionist History.
I like Gladwell. He’s a bit reductionist and more of a summarizer/aggregator than anything, but that’s his niche and he’s good at it.
Just read The Tipping Point. Talking to Strangers is in deck.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 5:11 am to Stewie Griffin
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I like Gladwell. He’s a bit reductionist and more of a summarizer/aggregator than anything, but that’s his niche and he’s good at it.
Spot on. His delivery is really engaging and convincing. But, especially with the last season of Revisionist and with parts of Outliers and Talking to Strangers, I found myself saying, "Wait a minute, he has very poor support for that sweeping conclusion," after initially just accepting it because he said it well.
I liked Talking to Strangers but it was a bit of a hodgepodge of ideas glued together in a tenuous theme. His "coupling" section was a mess, and his conclusions about gun control were nothing if not reductionist.
Still a fan.
This post was edited on 10/3/19 at 5:12 am
Posted on 10/5/19 at 10:33 pm to McLemore
Can't stand him and don't know how people love him so much.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:01 am to Statsattack
Go listen to the McDonald's fries podcast.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 3:06 pm to ecb
Check out Tipping Point that was an very fascinating book imo.
I did really like Blink as well
I did really like Blink as well
Posted on 11/7/19 at 6:47 am to ecb
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This post was edited on 4/3/23 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 11/7/19 at 4:27 pm to msutiger
I was recommended to read/ listen to David and Goliath. I wasted my time with that book. It took me 30 minutes to turn off blink and 10 pages to be sick of outliers.
Gladwell is very good at making you excited that you are about to discover or uncover something. 30% of his stories back up his claims. Once I got past his hook I realized that he believes his opinions are facts.
I enjoy reading fact based books. One of my favorite is the invisible gorilla. I don't want to read a 200 page editorial
Gladwell is very good at making you excited that you are about to discover or uncover something. 30% of his stories back up his claims. Once I got past his hook I realized that he believes his opinions are facts.
I enjoy reading fact based books. One of my favorite is the invisible gorilla. I don't want to read a 200 page editorial
Posted on 11/7/19 at 6:11 pm to Statsattack
Posted on 11/11/19 at 3:57 pm to McLemore
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Outliers
Great toilet reader...
I agree with all the above, good reads, not overly supported, but certainly notes trends...
It's TRUE though, my kid is bad at baseball because of his birthdate...kid was 15 days from the youngest in the league, and only played in garbage time...
Now he's turning into a monster lefty...sucks
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