What kind of team is Malcolm Gladwell part of? A solitary writer is one thing, a team of 40 people where some are fresh grads who need hands on mentoring and some need quick emotional feedback on their ideas is another. Malcolm is not automatically a hypocrite by suggesting most people work in different circumstances from himself.
> Malcolm is not automatically a hypocrite by suggesting most people work in different circumstances from himself.
Perhaps not, but he also doesn't speak from a position of authority or experience, then, and maybe shouldn't act as such. If asked, saying something like "I can't really say one way or another, I've been writing on my own for years, not as part of a team" would have been better than what he chose to say instead.
