Wednesday 9 October 2024

"Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering" by Malcolm Gladwell - audiobook review

This was a really interesting follow-up to Malcolm Gladwell's first book, The Tipping Point (2000). Gladwell is a great storyteller. It's an argument in favour of diversity; against the biases of the admissions systems of elite US universities (particulary Harvard). It's full of fascinating angles on some familiar stories, such as the US opioid crisis and COVID-19. Although this book hasn't stayed with me, I really enjoyed it while I was reading it and raced through it.