New Yorker: Gladwell on Teachers and Quarterbacks

My friend Jeff recommended this New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell: Annals of Education - Most Likely To Succeed. On reading Most Likely To Succeed, I was reminded of another Gladwell article which I found thought-provoking when I first read it: The New-Boy Network. Both articles speak to the power of conventional wisdom and the downside of reflexively protecting self-interest....

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