Gladwell is a fraud. Not just here, but his 'books' are based on pseudo-science, some of which he personally spun and lied about. For example, his claim that it takes 10,000 hours (what a suspiciously round number) to accomplish expertise in a given field has been disowned by the guy whose research he was falsely citing, Anders Ericsson.
I have read a few of Gladwell's articles, but none of his books. But I did read a very thorough takedown of some of his books, the source of which I cannot remember.
It pointed out his method of picking an interesting idea, then building a narrative to support that idea, while ignoring any facts that do not support his thesis.
Regardless, from his performance here, I can't take him seriously as a thinker. He is clearly just an establishment drone, and not even a particularly good one.
Gladwell is a fraud. Not just here, but his 'books' are based on pseudo-science, some of which he personally spun and lied about. For example, his claim that it takes 10,000 hours (what a suspiciously round number) to accomplish expertise in a given field has been disowned by the guy whose research he was falsely citing, Anders Ericsson.
I have read a few of Gladwell's articles, but none of his books. But I did read a very thorough takedown of some of his books, the source of which I cannot remember.
It pointed out his method of picking an interesting idea, then building a narrative to support that idea, while ignoring any facts that do not support his thesis.
Regardless, from his performance here, I can't take him seriously as a thinker. He is clearly just an establishment drone, and not even a particularly good one.
Might it have been this? A review of the Gladwell book Blink by Judge Richard Posner.