Outliers II

Following up on an earlier post, Outliers is an interesting and easy-to-read book. I read it in a week mainly using my MRT commuting time. David Leonhardt has a good summary review, while Tyler’s more
critical review covers most of what ran through my mind while I was reading (and much more). Tyler’s review makes more sense to me after having read the book. I agree with him that contingency is the key and there doesn’t seem to be a theory that explains it well. That probably tells me I ought to read Dean Keith Simonton.

PS: Here’s a related post from Will.

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