First book of 2025. I’ve read or listened to most of Gladwell’s work but this one has been sitting on the shelf awhile. - ThreadSky

aaronquinn716.bsky.social • 61 days ago

First book of 2025.

I’ve read or listened to most of Gladwell’s work but this one has been sitting on the shelf awhile.

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schwemm.bsky.social•61 days ago

I've read this and much of Gladwell. Like him and I actually really like criticisms of his work and the times he defends it and his process (I've seen him push back against accusations that he overly simplifies, for instance). Curious to read his return to Tipping Point

schwemm.bsky.social•61 days ago

Have you read Range by David Epstein?

aaronquinn716.bsky.social•61 days ago

No I haven't. Good?

schwemm.bsky.social•61 days ago

I really liked it and if Gladwell is something you like, they share a pretty large section of the Venn diagram

aaronquinn716.bsky.social•61 days ago

I listened to it over thanksgiving while we drove to Michigan, it was good.

buffalowins.bsky.social•61 days ago

When do you read with two kids?

aaronquinn716.bsky.social•61 days ago

In the morning and at bed time.

I typically wake up around 5:30-6 and have 30-40 minutes before they get up. Then we are in bed pretty early and I read for 20-30.

mjm-nc.bsky.social•61 days ago

I enjoy his books, my only complaint is how he cherry picks examples that back his point, while ignoring those that don’t. (Sounds like the mvp discussion). Still makes you think though. Not MG, but check out the sports gene if you haven’t yet.

aaronquinn716.bsky.social•61 days ago

My biggest beef is everyone repeats his 10,000 hours thing and it's patently false and proven that the data was incorrectly examined.

mjm-nc.bsky.social•61 days ago

Sports gene gets into some of that.

scottaferguson1.bsky.social•61 days ago

One of my favorite books ever.

kwadwodeterville.bsky.social•61 days ago

javl.bsky.social•61 days ago

Knowing he's a Bills fan now makes me want to re-read The Bomber Mafia, just because of the title

allen9811.bsky.social•61 days ago

He is fun to read. He is a lightweight in his field. Both those things can be true at the same time.

dburley.bsky.social•61 days ago

I love the concept and some of the examples. But to me this could have been edited into a long article.

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