Post #658398
2024-11-11 22:32 UTC
"Gladwell seems to misunderstand why critics dislike him: It's not because he weaves together various case studies. (That's actually the best part!) It's because the central binding idea is weak or wrong, and he doesn't seem to care."
"Taken all together, Gladwell operates in such bad faith that it justifies removing his past, present, and future body of work from the public discourse."
https://culture.ghost.io/forget-gladwell/ by W. David Marx
Replies (4)
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@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party 2024-11-12 16:22
@jawnsy I burned my copy of his book & it felt good.
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@Mikal@sfba.social 2024-11-12 16:35
@jawnsy So, basically, Gladwell is a human ChatGPT. I'm really glad I read this. I've never read any of this work, but had intended to at some point. This saves me the trouble.
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@cxj@phpc.social 2024-11-12 16:49
@jawnsy Exactly!
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@kerploppus@babka.social 2024-11-13 11:26
@jawnsy You know why I hate Gladwell? Just look at the guy. What's not to hate? The intellectual laziness of making a career of explaining the obvious to morons is just gravy.