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Group Think
In the essay Group Think by Malcolm Gladwell, the author talked quite a bit about some of the “Great Minds” of our time and some of their achievements and how the group of people surrounding them played important roles in these achievements. I think that throughout the essay, Gladwell was trying to answer this question (or these questions): Does the group ultimately bring more success than one of its units? As well as in what way is the group setting different that it might bring about this success? He referred to the book The Sociology of Philosophies by Randall Collins, in saying that he [Collins] found “… in all of known history only three major thinkers who appeared on the scene by themselves…” to demonstrate how most thinkers were relying on others. I’m honestly not too sure how he organized his answer, he came up with examples that tied into the topic and towards the end started talking about inside jokes. I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to get more out of this so I’ll re-read and try again, for now back to the very addicting LOST!
