Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
byXIAOLAIon2008/12/16·18 COMMENTS

Malcolm Gladwell的《引爆流行》(The Tipping Point)对国内读者来说还算是比较熟悉的。他随后的书,包括《Blink》和新作《Outliers》因尚无译本而在国内少为人知。
上个月,Gladwell的新书《Outliers: The Story of Success》发行,我托正在美国出差的熊莹同学替我买一本回来。昨天拿到该书,今天送到复印社复印了几本“大字号版”自己看的同时,也给身边几个朋友散发(唉,算是一种盗版行为啊!惭愧。)而在Mininova上,已经可以找到这本书的Audible。
Gladwell的牛逼之处不仅在于他总是能够“穿过表象看透实质”,还在于他总是能够通过他高超的调研能力找到令人惊喜的真实故事而后用曲折异常却又万分流畅的方式讲述出来……
到Thomas Sowell的专栏上看了看,发现索威尔先生对此书的评价也很高:
… If enough people read and ponder the implications of “Outliers,” perhaps that can help begin the much needed process of turning around current counterproductive attitudes toward education and toward life.
又:把Sowell对Gladwell的评价讲给朋友听,结果朋友说:
是因为他们都叫什么well,所以搞内部团结,评价很高吗?
想起来叫什么well的还有另外一个人,George Orwell,就是Animal Farm和1984的作者。
… If enough people read and ponder the implications of “Outliers,” perhaps that can help begin the much needed process of turning around current counterproductive attitudes toward education and toward life.