This is a collection of Gladwell’s New Yorker essays, which in theory have a unifying theme but mostly seem to just be about the perils of re-publishing essays written between 1999 and 2009 in 2009 and assuming that you can then make sweeping statements about the future.

From 2024, uh…Not really. Conclusions which may have been notable in 1999 are not today, and conclusions which seemed permanent turn out to have been repeatedly, vividly disproven.

Not to mention two essays on dogs, one of which was fine (and prescient, god knows the pit bull debate hasn’t improved much in 15 years) and the other centered Cesar Millan. So you know.