I agree. The whole point of the book was that there were outliers which gave people certain edges which made their success more likely than one would think. Th

I agree. The whole point of the book was that there were outliers which gave people certain edges which made their success more likely than one would think. The examples I recall were hockey players who were born at certain times so during their formative years they were essentially a year older than the other players which gave them a leg up during their formative years making them better candidates to succeed later on. Looking around that appears to be equally controversial. While I often don't agree with Gladwell's conclusions I do think he, as well as Michal Lewis, bring enough new information and insights that they are worth reading.