November 17, 2004

Malcolm Gladwell Strikes Again

I'm looking forward to reading Malcolm Gladwell's next book, Blink. If it's half as good as The Tipping Point, it'll be worth reading, and Blink sounds fascinating.

But nothing beats picking up a new issue of the New Yorker and seeing that a new article by Gladwell is included. Like his books, his New Yorker articles (archived on his site) defy easy categorization. Gladwell is a problem solver, and his research takes him wherever he might find an answer.

This week's article is about plagiarism. In fact, it's partly about how the playwright of Frozen plagiarized him. But Gladwell argues that not all acts of plagiarism should be hanging offences, including the one against him. But why read my blather. Read the article, courtesy of the New Yorker.