That was excellent

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Posted by blindness on February 03, 2026 at 11:22:22

In Reply to: Gladwell is positing that a neighborhood with that distribution.. posted by ClockBlocker on February 03, 2026 at 11:12:13

I find Gladwell to be a mixed bag. He mixes interesting insights with things that make me cock my head and go "huh?"

He may be entirely correct with this observation, but this one is one falls in the latter bucket for me.

as with everything, TIFWIW ClockBlocker 18:09:12 02/03/26 (0)
I read his first book and felt like there was a lot of facile BS TheHappyBurgermeister 13:44:29 02/03/26 (2)
- He was on a non-apology apology tour for whatever role he thinks blindness 14:09:27 02/03/26 (1)
  - Well, I've been accused of that - probably accurately TheHappyBurgermeister 14:13:17 02/03/26 (0)

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