Over the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has become the most gifted and influential journalist in America. In The New Yorker, his writings are such must-reads that the magazine charges advertisers significantly more money for ads that run within his articles. With his #1 bestsellers, The Tipping Point , Blink and Outliers , he has reached millions of readers. And now the very best and most famous of his New Yorker pieces are collected in a brilliant and provocative anthology. Among the pieces: his investigation into why there are so many different kinds of mustard but only one kind of ketchup; a surprising assessment of what makes for a safer automobile; a look at how we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job; an examination of machine built to predict hit movies; the reasons why homelessness might be easier to solve than manage; his famous profile of inventor and entrepreneur Ron Popeil; a look at why employers love personality tests; a dissection of Ivy League admissions and who gets in; the saga of the quest to invent the perfect cookie; and a look at hair dye and the hidden history of postwar America.
For the millions of Malcolm Gladwell fans, this anthology is like a greatest hits compilation-a mix tape from America's alpha mind
【加】马尔科姆•格拉德威尔(Malcolm Gladwell)被《快公司》誉为“21世纪的彼得•德鲁克”,曾是《华盛顿邮报》商务科学专栏作家,目前是《纽约客》杂志专职作家。2005年被《时代》周刊评为全球最有影响力的100位人物之一。他的代表作品《引爆点》、《异类》、《眨眼之间》均创造了书市神话。《纽约时报》更是把格拉德威尔对社会思潮的影响称为“格拉德威尔效应”(Gladwell Effect)。
马尔科姆出生于英格兰,是牙买加人的后裔。他在加拿大长大,现居纽约市。
卫报说,书中收有22篇文章,都可以在作者的个人网站上读到 格拉德威尔的著述带有哲学的性质:提出的是如何认识世界和认识人本身等基本问题,解决问题的方法是区分出不同的范畴。比如为什么有些大艺术家大器晚成而另外一些早早声名鹊起?这是因为艺术家有概念型和实验型两...
评分格拉德威尔的才华和文笔是无可否认的,但不知道这次中信出版社是否急功近利为了搭异类的畅销快车,连校对翻译都没有就匆忙出版了。 我非常失望,不是对格拉德威尔,而是这本书的翻译,简直是无语了,我觉得找国内字幕组的人员来翻译都要来得精确幽默。
评分用另一双眼睛看透这疯狂的世界,感受奇妙的生活和美丽人生。我着实是被此句话吸引了,所以以期待的心情,感受着另一双眼睛所看到的世界。 一定是我头发太长了,所以见识少。所以看的时候会有点费解,果然是不一样的眼睛看到不一样的世界!全书分了三部分,每部分根据真实的事件...
评分由于之前首次接触到纳西姆•塔勒布的书,于是我百度了一下塔勒布其人,一篇题为《暴富:纳西姆•塔勒布是怎样将不可避免的灾难转化为一种投资战略》的文章吸引了我。这篇文章写在《黑天鹅》一书出版的几年前,以1996年的某一天塔勒布拜访维克多•尼德霍夫开头。尼德霍夫...
评分1953年12月,在休•赫夫纳创办的《花花公子》创刊号上有这样一段宣言:“国家事务不在我们关心的范围之内。我们不希望去解决什么世界性的问题,或去证明什么伟大的道德真理。要是能向美国的男性提供一些额外的欢笑、分散一下对原子时代的焦虑的注意力,我们觉得我们就证明了...