How to criticize: know something first
Joel Spolsky has a brilliant mini-critique of critiques this week on his blog Joel on Software (good reading for all CS/CIS majors, btw).
Well said. I loved Gladwell back when he wrote interesting stuff like The Ketchup Conundrum but he's gone all to hell lately. (Ahem: Perhaps he needs an editor too?)
[There has been] an unbelievable proliferation of anecdotes disguised as science, self-professed experts writing about things they actually know nothing about, and amusing stories disguised as metaphors for how the world works....[W]eak theories on tipping points, crazy incorrect theories on first impressions, or utterly lunatic theories on experts, it all becomes insanely popular simply because the stories are fun and interesting and everybody wants to hear a good story. Spare me.
Well said. I loved Gladwell back when he wrote interesting stuff like The Ketchup Conundrum but he's gone all to hell lately. (Ahem: Perhaps he needs an editor too?)
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