Complexity Digest 2009.22 - 19.02
2009/10/23
Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Gershenson
Founding Editor: Gottfried Mayer
Summary: What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.
- Source: What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
[ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316075841?tag=compldiges-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0316075841&adid=1ZSHGZ17T7033CS4AJ6V& ], Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, 2009/10/20 - Contributed by Anton Joha - antonjoha
gmail.com
