Want some leftists’ thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell. I haven’t read too many of his books but to me he comes across as somewhere on the more liberal end of a social democrat.
Want some leftists’ thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell. I haven’t read too many of his books but to me he comes across as somewhere on the more liberal end of a social democrat.
When the ideas he delivers are good, his writing skills (and slick marketing) give people the impression he came up with them. When he fits his own ideas in, they are pretty much bullshit. He defined a style of pop nonfiction that is to some extent still with us, with human interest anecdotes worked in at structurally the same point in every chapter. . . I would imagine he’d be more on that liberal end, yes. At least that’s the kind of crowd he runs with and the vibe he gives off. He’ll help you achieve excellence, and all that.