"macolm gladwell offers another expertly-written and thoughtfully-presented argument in ‘outliers’, which describes the life paths of many incredibly successful individuals but also makes the case for nurture over nature as a means to that success. in the concise book, gladwell presents in his tom wolfe-esque narrative journalistic style the stories of some of history’s greatest musicians (the beatles), computer whizzes (bill joy and bill gates), and lawyers (joe from). his point is that, yes, these greatest of greats had some innate talent to make it as far as they did, but they also had a great deal of luck. for instance, bill gates didn’t become the wealthiest man in the world by pure ambition and cunning; his wealth was the result of skill in computer programming that sprung from a seri"
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