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I had a hard time getting into this book at first for some reason ... maybe it was because of the author starts out discussing the spread of disease and picks Baltimore's syphilis epidemic as the example to use in the introduction. But I kept reading (the writing is very engaging and well-done) and was absolutely glued to the "stickiness" chapter (haha) on Sesame Street. Found the chapter on the New York crime downturn fascinating, as well. There were some very interesting, innovative ideas in t
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Pretty interesting read. Disagreed here and there, but overall gave me great insights and a lot to think about. Feel free to skip some of the studies in chapter one, I got his point after the first 2 studies and felt the others were just disgusting.
I liked this a lot more than freakonomics and the world is flat.
With the exception of some correlation=causation stretches, it was a fantastic and interesting read. I would recommend it to anyone. I know some readers have a problem with Gladwell's tone, but I didn't feel like he came off arrogant or haughty at all.
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Overall an interesting book, but he did draw some conclusions that I thought were wrong. More like 3.75 stars.
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