Outliers: The Story of Success: Difference between revisions

A criticism common to both {{author|Malcolm Gladwell}}’s previous books, {{br|Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking}} and {{br|The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference}} , was that while they were packed with interesting, well told, anecdotes there was no consistent underlying theme to the stories; no particular lesson to be drawn. For example, of the many anecdotes recounted about “thin slicing” some (such as an art expert’s ability to instantly assess the bona fides of a statue) suggested it was a special and important skill while others (an impulsive police decision to pursue and shoot dead a innocent bystander) suggested quite the opposite. You were left with the impression that, well, there are these things called snap judgements, and sometimes they work out, and sometimes they don’t.