I don't know if he's conscious of it, but Gladwell is parroting Socrates, right down to the impossibility of transmitting "true knowledge". Circular arguments a

I don't know if he's conscious of it, but Gladwell is parroting Socrates, right down to the impossibility of transmitting "true knowledge". Circular arguments anchored by a mystery. As a philosophy it has no practical purpose except to waste people's time while appearing sage.