Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Identifies the qualities of successful people, maintaining that culture, family, and idiosyncratic factors can have a decisive impact on shaping high achievers,

Pop science at its worst

I've read all of Malcolm Gladwell's books and this is his most thought provoking. It's about providing opportunities that could lead to success, and what those opportunities could be in different contexts.

Interesting and thought-provoking read, as all of Gladwell's books have been so far.

Unfortunately, the thoughts they have come to provoke are wondering how provable his theses are and how I would go about fact-checking them. There's a fine balance between too much proof, causing tedium, and not enough, causing disbelief. What he says about success rings true - but is it?

Interesting, but I think it had a bit of a narrow focus at times and I found myself asking “But what about...?” too often, as it overlooked other aspects of what it was examining.