Outliers
Outliers “Examines Success by looking at opportunity and cultural legacy, not just hard work” Outliers is deeply concerned with the role of historical context and timing in determining success. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/outliers/themes/timing-and-historical-context “Outliers is deeply concerned with the role of historical context and timing in determining success. Having a set of skills that one develops through hard work is not enough to guarantee success. In addition, one must also live in a time when those skills are valued by your culture. Your historical moment might also prevent you from acquiring certain skills. For example, Gladwell argues that if you entered the workforce as a computer scientist (say, at IBM) before the era of personal computers, when the personal computer did finally become mainstream, you would be too invested in the “old” way of doing things.”