Malcolm Gladwell is the name I
heard the most from friends whenever mentioning about books and intellectual talks.
I don’t know why, maybe by coincidence, I received recommendations on his books
from at least 3 people (those who I know in person) from different areas of
sciences. The first time I heard about him should be in 2008. At that time,
frankly, I wasn’t very excited to read English books at all (English isn’t my
native language). Whenever thinking about reading, understanding and catching
the metaphor behind the books, I procrastinated myself. Therefore, I kept lying
myself that because I was so busy and I couldn’t spend time seriously on
reading books. That excuse made me feel better during years. It’s somehow
called as “Willful Blindness”[1]
symptom.
