> Hold up with this one. The author of this article appears to enjoy and appreciate The Tipping Point (as apparently Tyler Cowen did, at the time, and me as wel

> Hold up with this one. The author of this article appears to enjoy and appreciate The Tipping Point (as apparently Tyler Cowen did, at the time, and me as well, though not any more). That's problematic, because the society we're a part of (HN, the Internet, whatever) has roundly concluded that Gladwell is a farce, and it's become a genuflection to that society to dunk on Gladwell wherever his name pops up. Maybe they're reading him to learn social engineering, like one reads Mitnick (who is also not good but has produced... interesting... work.)