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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
The premise of this book is a good start. I have to admit I expected a lot, but was disappointed. Yes, the stories are interesting, but the evidence for what Gladwell says is not always solid. Besides, the arguments are sometimes too pessimistic without good reason.
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Gladwell's style of weaving stories into a larger point is consistently entertaining and thought provoking. I recommend the audio version of this, as that's how he seems to have intended it be read.
Maybe a 3.5, if that were an option. Gladwell brought up some very compelling theories. However, the majority of it seemed to be based on anecdotes and case studies. Not only that, the case studies were on the heightened intensity end. I feel like Gladwell has a formula on how to write a pop-psychology book and followed it to a tee. While it made for an entertaining read, I wish there were more formal studies cited as well. But still, the theories presented were compelling and I think I will explore them in my day-to-day. I'm particularly intrigued by removing my transparency bias as well as exploring coupling theory.
I like Malcolm Gladwell’s other books a lot, but I just couldn’t love the content of this book.
started by reading the physical book but switched over to audiobook shortly into it. kind of told in the way of a podcast and i actually loved the music that played at the start of new chapters.
ay ay ay . Malcom!
this book seemed like it'd be alright, but the audio version drags on and on and on (he is, in my opinion, a boring af narrator). i don't think he has a coherent message, either. the whole premise is, i guess, that bad things happen between strangers because we just don't understand each other properly. and then he goes on for hours about marquee examples of this happening.
i'm not sure what the finding of this whole endeavor is supposed to be. what is the lesson? that we never really know where others are coming from? that we shouldn't make assumptions about other people? seems like we know this already, and that you could sum that up without a book: love thy neighbor, have some manners.
this book seemed like it'd be alright, but the audio version drags on and on and on (he is, in my opinion, a boring af narrator). i don't think he has a coherent message, either. the whole premise is, i guess, that bad things happen between strangers because we just don't understand each other properly. and then he goes on for hours about marquee examples of this happening.
i'm not sure what the finding of this whole endeavor is supposed to be. what is the lesson? that we never really know where others are coming from? that we shouldn't make assumptions about other people? seems like we know this already, and that you could sum that up without a book: love thy neighbor, have some manners.
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