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Is Malcolm Gladwell America's Most Successful Propagandist and Corporate Shill?
- DiabloD3 14y agoNormally when a headline asks a question, the answer is no; in this case I could paste several pages of nothing but the word "yes", forming some sort of ASCII art of the word "yes", and not even scratch the surface.
- tokenadult 14y agoMalcolm Gladwell has said in an interview that he writes to try out ideas. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122671211614230261.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122671211614230261.html "Q: Do you worry that you extrapolate too much from too little? "A: No. It's better to err on the side of over-extrapolation. These books are playful in the sense that they regard ideas as things to experiment with. I'm happy if somebody reads my books and reaches a conclusion that is different from mine, as long as the ideas in the book cause them to think. You have to be willing to put pressure on theories, to push the envelope. That's the fun part, the exciting part. If you are writing an intellectual adventure story, why play it safe? I'm not out to convert people. I want to inspire and provoke them."