[lbo-talk] RE: Gladwell

[Gary Mongiovi]

I thought Gladwell's New Yorker article on detecting emotional states and intentions from subtleties in facial expressions was very good. I was looking forward to enjoying The Tipping Point but found it lame in the extreme--and badly written. I had the impression that Gladwell's editors at the New Yorker, one of the few remaining bastions of people who know how to convey a point in clear prose, must have punched up his writing pretty thoroughly. I gave Blink a pass: couldn't decide if the basic idea was banal or just stupid. 

 
Regards,

 
Gary 

	Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:47:35 -0800 (PST)

	From: Willy Greenfields <filthydirtyunwashed at yahoo.com>

	Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Malcolm Gladwell puts his faith in

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	Doug re: Gladwell:

	

	>That's good news. He still seems like a hack and a

	>turd though.

	

	Post of the year!

	

	I never got this guy. He seems to just dress up

	banalities and common sense for a vain readership. 20x

	more deserving of the criticism lobbed at pomos and

	lit crits.

	

	

	

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