Sunday, October 3, 2010

David Helfenbein: How Malcolm Gladwell Misses the Mark in His Recent New Yorker Piece on Social Revolution from The Huffington Post Blog by David Helfenbein

When Malcolm Gladwell spoke at my alma mater during the first week of classes a number of years ago, I believed in him because I thought he believed in the future generations. After reading his latest piece, I'm not so certain that he does anymore.
Read the full Huffington Post, *post* here. Of course the bloggers out there are going to come out in droves. It's kind of a debate that's going on. You're getting all sorts of reactions to this. Check this Guardian piece out, out just a bit ago. And here's the Malcolm Gladwell piece on The New Yorker started it all: "Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted". See also: Outliers: The Story of Success, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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