This was really interesting. I don't know if I agree with everything presented here, but it certainly was engaging and captured my attention. I listened to the audiobook, which was more like a podcast - it played the original source tapes wherever available, and played actor reenactments elsewhere, which added to the experience. There were plenty of interesting ideas presented through major news stories: defaulting to truth (through the Bernie Madoff and Jerry Sandusky scandals - i.e., we believe people until our doubts can't be explained away), the myopia of alcohol (Stanford rape case - alcohol increases concentration upon immediate events and decreases future events and puts you at the mercy of your environment), "mismatching" (Amanda Knox - we can't detect truth/lies when someone is mismatched to the stereotypes of a liar or truth teller), "coupling" (Sylvia Plath - actions are linked to specific circumstances/places), and how these ideas tie into the problems exemplified by the Sandra Bland case. I get what he's saying about society, but some of these ideas seem like they're almost excusing the bad actors, or even like he's victim blaming - particularly his Stanford Rape example. I kind of wish he spent more time exploring how we can solve these problems, but that really isn't Malcolm Gladwell's job. There's a lot to think about here.