Critiquing Gladwell, part 1
                   
scottberkun.com     May 14, 2008          

A recent New Yorker had another excellent piece by Malcolm Gladwell, this time about simultaneous invention, the core topic of chapter 5 of The Myths of Innovation. Much of his coverage is spot on - we underestimate how many inventions and discoveries were achieved independently, despite how... [read full story]                

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