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I enjoyed Outliers when I read it a while ago, but have since realised it's just a bunch of anecdotes.
by mattmanser 9y ago
I enjoyed Outliers when I read it a while ago, but have since realised it's just a bunch of anecdotes.
- ravitation 9y agoYes. Malcolm Gladwell loves to write about his own brilliantly uncovered anecdotes... Peak loses a lot of that, and is co-authored by a psychologist who is behind a lot of more scientific work in the area of expertise (his work is also referenced in Outliers). In general, I recommend people skip Outliers (really just skip Gladwell entirely) and read Peak instead.
- jfaucett 9y agoMaybe I'll come to that conclusion at some later point as well. Still, the point about how rules in social systems bias outcomes in subtle ways was an interesting anecdote (the hockey player birthday distribution).