LOOK CLOSELY, THINGS ARE ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT ONE EXPECTS

Gladwell, Malcolm, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures (Boston: Little, Brown, 2009) (Let me draw your attention to several pieces in this collection which, I think, are of special interest to law type persons: “Blowing Up: How Nassim Taleb Turned the Inevitability of Disaster Into an Investment Strategy.” “John Rock’s Error: What the Inventor of the Birth Control Pill Didn’t Know About Women’s Health.” “Open Secrets: Enron, Intelligence, and the Perils of Too Much Information.” “Million-Dollar Murray: Why Problems Like Homelessness May be Easier to Solve Than to Manage.” “Something Borrowed: Should A Charge of Plagiarism Ruin Your Life?” “Connecting the Dots” The Paradox of Intelligence Reform.” “Troublemakers: What Pit Bulls Can Teach Us About Crime.”).