"To build a better world we need to replace the patchworks of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages that today deliver success with a society that provides opportunities for all. The world could be so much richer than the world we have settled for today." P268 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

I prefer to read non-fiction to fiction. It drives my wife and kids nuts because they are all voracious readers of fiction. When I approach a book though, I view it as a dialogue not a monologue. I don't accept everything the writer states as gospel just because it's written in a book. I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell's latest book called Outliers. I had enjoyed reading his previous books The Tipping Point and Blink. To a great extent, this book should not be read who prefer fiction especially the Hollywood, mythic Horatio Algers stances of rags to riches. It could just as easily be called "Success: Mythbusters".