What do /lit/ think about this guy?

Good at what he does, but what he doesn't isn't really worthwhile

interesting but really haphazard, he fills people with tons of pop sociological ideas that people think are huge, world changing revelations but are actually only half explained in the book with any opposing evidence omitted, leading to stuff like the 10,000 hour meme (already proven wrong), the "50 person" meme (insanely dubious)

read his books, then read the supporting and opposing evidence

>>8079612
he looks like simon and garfunkel merged together in a transporter beam accident

He writes bestselling books like I wrote essays in college: come up with a vague thesis and then cherrypick examples that support it, ignoring anything that doesnt.

>>8079688
This.
He writes pop sociology.
nuf sed

garbage. a shill. if you're interested in any of the topics he talks about, read a real book on it

>>8080409
It's not the worst to introduce kids to certain concepts, he's got one of the easiest prose to read.

He's a literal paid shill. For Big Pharma, tobacco multinational Phillip Morris and Goldman Sachs among others.

>>8079612
"aggressively"

>>8079612
He's kind of an innovator. The success of the tipping point and his others lead to that genre exploding; Smart guy self help books.