I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.
Malcolm GladwellHappiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.
Malcolm GladwellA prediction, in a field where prediction is not possible, is no more than a prejudice.
Malcolm Gladwell