Just finished my second Malcolm Gladwell book. The "Tipping Point" triggered my thoughts around what the country would look like when marriage equality hit the "tipping point" and fortunately, we just saw that happen in 2013.
The one I just finished, "What the Dog Saw" is a collection of his writings in the New Yorker. The only one I did not enjoy was on Ron Popeil, the kitchen gadget guy. But the rest of the collection will really inspire you to look at things in a different way and that is really what this blog is all about. How can we face all the challenges we find in our world and cast them in a new light?
One of the most interesting pieces was on the Enron scandal. He points out that while we think things like that happen because of secret accounting practices that hid the problems. The truth is that they were not secret at all and it was all out there for anyone to see. But it was so completely complex and convoluted that no one was able to easily draw out what was going on. So while we definitely need oversight, it is also imperative that those overseeing the accounting need to have the skills and knowledge to understand what they are seeing.
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