The Sickest Bird of This Book That Made Gladwell Miss Gladwell

Friedman's book is light on data. There are only a couple of sections where he finds any data at all to support his conclusions The primary vibe you get is just like a guy talking out of his ass Just like yeah telling you a story and then telling you what you should extrapolate from the story without really justifying that extrapolation Right, so I'm gonna give you some of my favorite examples. These are probably not anywhere close to the worst things written in this book. First one America in the 1990s under President Clinton was perceived as a big dumb dragon Pushing people around in the economic and cultural spheres knowingly and unknowingly Then came 9-11 an America transformed itself into Godzilla