Gladwell's modus operandi is almost always this. 1) CIte some pop-culture nostrum (e.g., that genius is innate and unrepeatable). 2) Challenge it by counter-asserting another nostrum equally overgeneralizing (e.g., the "10K hour" rule). 3) Watch it become another pop-culture nostrum-cliche.

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#Sophiefromromania had a busy night barking at foxes at 3am so she’s now scheduled a duvet day

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Ossoff: "Tech titans dig bunkers while warning us the AI they're creating risks human extinction. Meanwhile, our Congress debates youth sports and the president builds a ballroom ... I refuse to leave my girls a world as dark and dangerous and cruel as this one threatens to become"

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quick reminder Malcolm Gladwell is not a scientist, has no degree in journalism, and one of his early writing gigs was for a magazine run by the Korean cult that got Shinzo Abe assassinated

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#Sophiefromromania can’t watch the #Strictly results show - it makes her too nervous

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