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...this miscommunication, and, for Gladwell, the reason was clear. “There was a social breakdown...It was a symptom of a culture’s inability to allow subordinates to question their superiors,” he said. “This plane crash cannot be understood just on the basis of the individual, it has to be understood as part of a much larger cultural context.” In “Outliers,” Gladwell reiterates this point, using anecdotes to argue that culture can effect catastrophes and create superstars?...
...making of architecture has a profound effect on those who experience it. When completed, it takes on a life of its own, and all we can hope for is that its life is long and healthy. Utzon understood that. It is easy to be wistful about the lost possibility of another Utzon masterwork, but perhaps it is better to honor the sacrifices Jorn made for this one, which will shine forever...
...disbanding of the ISI's political wing. When he went so far as to propose a "no first strike" nuclear policy, matching India's stance but violating his own military's stated doctrine, Indians began to believe that at long last they had found a Pakistani ruler who understood that normalizing relations would be of great benefit to Pakistan itself. But the Mumbai terrorist assault seemed only to confirm that the peacemakers in Islamabad are not the ones who call the shots...
When this slim volume made its first appearance 10 years ago, it was vying for attention with Monica Lewinsky and the Clinton scandal. Monica won. But Cheese slowly began to gain traction in corporate circles, even though critics dissed it as an overly broad parable that could be understood by a bright sixth-grader. A year later, it was No. 1 on the New York Times business best-seller list...
...disbanding of the ISI's political wing. When he went so far as to propose a "no first-strike" nuclear policy--matching India's stance but violating his own military's stated doctrine--Indians began to believe that at long last they had found a Pakistani ruler who understood that normalizing relations would be of great benefit to Pakistan itself. But the Mumbai terrorist assault seemed to confirm that the peacemakers in Islamabad are not the ones who call the shots...