@avclub-50cdf52b4612bd5b419e775ddfc08314:disqus He doesn't have a degreee in Biochemical Engineering, he declared it as a major when he started college (and then he dropped out like 2 years later).  So yeah, he declared an impressive sounding major I guess…

Well he never did write another novel after In Cold Blood.  But seriously, after you produce To Kill a Mockingbird or In Cold Blood, where do you go from there?

Can you (or someone else) please explain to me the appeal of Catch 22?  After several re-commitments to actually finish it I'm still only about 1/3 of the way through it.  Generally when I start reading something I'll finish it in a matter of days, but I honestly can't read more than 20 or so pages at a time from that…

I would argue that the major point of Outliers is that the notion of the prodigy is largely, if not entirely, untrue.  Similarly, (and I think this gets at what you mentioned earlier about Republicans) people who are incredibly smart or incredibly talented can be unsuccessful because of their circumstances.  But yeah,…