Malcom Gladwell is a fraud amongst frauds. His credentials are espousing wise-sounding bullshit that appeals to a wide market audience in order to make them feel smarter. Like Jared Diamond, It's Joe Rogan / Jordan Peterson for a different audience.
The trick with Joe Rogan is not to take anything he says seriously, but many of the guests he has on have interesting perspectives that are often worth listening to.
There were some pearls from some of the most unexpected sources(Rollins, Bourdain, Honnold, etc) in the earlier years. However, more than a few were not worth listening to, too(Gladwell, Peterson, Lazar, Walker, etc).
Luckily, since, Covid, Trump & Spotify, I don't wade through the mire to find any jewels, I simply just don't listen anymore.
It is interesting that you mention Jared Diamond. I like his books but I know so little about the subject matter they could be completely wrong. They are pretty unusual and make a lot of broad claims, so I can see how this could be possible.
Is there a book / blog / article that talks about Jared Diamond being inaccurate?
