May 8th, 2008
Malcolm Gladwell and the art of invention
I always look out for pieces written by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker, who was noted the other day in the Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s leading business pundits. They tend to be intriguing, clever, full of great anecdotes and thoroughly enjoyable.
He is also, of course, the author of the best-sellers The Tipping Point, and Blink, which are both wonderful reads.
All the same, Gladwell has come under some scrutiny for allegedly, how to put this, making the best of his stories. That is to say, contriving that his evidence fits his latest all-encompassing theory a little too neatly.












