Entertaining writing, maybe, but certainly not good/education writing. And certainly not good research.
Side note: He may have solid research, but it doesn't come out in the writing.
Side note: He may have solid research, but it doesn't come out in the writing.
Gladwell doesn't let complex facts get in the way of a good story.
The main issue is that millions of people read and scrutinize Gladwell. No one reads "A Critique of 12th Century Eastern European Poetry and the Relationship to Subsurface Climate Volatility".