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Not really. Couldn’t go pass a few pages.
Not quite as interesting as his other books
I really enjoy Malcolm Gladwell's writing and his exuberance in his stories. He does an amazing amount of research and is able to deliver it in a very smooth and in a form that is easy to digest for someone that doesn't have a lot of knowledge in that particular field. This was about the Space Shuttle Disaster, Enron and other predictions and ideas that have failed or have been proven to be wrong. Definitely worth a read and it was very fast and fun. I loved reading it on my kindle because I cou...
The chapter on choking vs panicking, which can be summarized by this quote: "We have to learn that sometimes a poor performance reflects not the innate ability of the performer but the complexion of the audience; and that sometimes a poor test score is the sign not of a poor student but of a good one". Personally touching!Also, there is a very good insight about the story of the crash of the Challenger, which had no cause but emerged from NASA's culture.Good writing!
This is the second part of the collection of articles Malcolm Gladwell has chosen from his writings for The New Yorker. This part is about Obsessives, Pioneers and Other Varieties of Minor Geniuses. As Gladwell usually does, he tackles quirky subjects and discusses them to come up with conclusions that serves as gateways to larger meanings. In this part he talks about a variety of subject, such as homelessness,types of failiures, airplane crashes,having too much information, plagiarism and many
The first couple of stories had a little to much technical information for my taste. My favorite section was the one about plagiarism.
Very interesting.
I love Malcolm’s work, the way he structures the book in short anecdotes, chapters , it gives us an ease of a free strainless reading and so many insights that add value to our day today chores, reading his books never gets mundane, there is always something to look forward to. You are not restricted to one topic, one country, important inferences from different esteemed classified works from across the globe, it expands our thought process and gives us a sense of interaction with the writer, I
A compilation of Gladwell’s best articles for The New Yorker. Entertaining and filled with fascinating facts and the magic of his reasoning. Enjoyable and easily digested as each chapter is its own story (or two).