I haven't read much Gladwell, so I'll set aside factual accuracy of criticisms of him. But I don't think your comment is responsive to the OP. If the OP's argum

I haven't read much Gladwell, so I'll set aside factual accuracy of criticisms of him. But I don't think your comment is responsive to the OP. If the OP's argument is true, Gladwell is sharing ersatz knowledge and distorting reality. That he's successful at doing it is irrelevant to the truth of what he writes.