Actually, the title of Malcolm Gladwell’s new book is Outliers—but they are the same thing. Hachette has put the prologue of the forthcoming book online.
I didn’t read either of Gladwell’s previous books, because I thought they were probably overhyped and didn’t sound terribly interesting anyway. But I am an outlier and I’ve been feeling like I really want to read this one.
I have learned things at my job that made me realize I was even more of a freak than I initially thought. For example: Only 12% of internet users in the US have a blog; people my age in the US spend an average of 103 hours per month watching television and only 12 hours online—I am pretty much the reverse; and people my age in the US spend an average of under 4 hours per week reading books. So I am an outlier and if you are reading this you probably are too.
I’ve read and enjoyed his previous books, but I found them rather repetitive…each chapter explains a simple principle, and he spends more time illustrating and giving examples than going in depth. They are academically-themed books written for a lay audience, but they are interesting. I liked Freakonomics much better, though.
Looking forward to reading this one….I, too, am a freak :)