what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality?> i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when the book came out. i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. blink, outliers, what the dog saw, david and goliath. so many of your ideas have been widely implemented, widely debated, have you evolved your conclusions? have you changed? >> all the time. if you still bel

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. you so mucfo

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," your argument is disadvantages can become

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we have a great debate with malcolm gladwell. >>> in the week that straddled new year according to "newment issued 347 summonses, a year ago, 4,077. that's an astonishing drop year to year. told npr, the cause of such a dramatic drop was a work slowdown by the cops on the beat. they were ignoring small stuff. it raises a fascinating question. do so-called quality of life crimes writing graffiti littering, not picking up after your dog, vandalism, if unattended lead to bigger crimes in social breakdown? bratton was an architect of broken windows theory of policing that cedarses for these minor crimes keep major crime rates down. is it true? i invited on the show the best selling author malcolm gladwell who wrote in support of the broken windows theory in his famous book the tipping point and bernard har court who wrote illusion of order, false premiums of broken windows policing. listen in and see what you think? >> malcolm, explain what is broken windows mean? >> it was an idea that grew out of the '70s which said criminals take their cues -- would be criminals take their cues from envi