Question

Book Review

Enron, Intelligence, and the Perils of Too Much Information in What the Dog Saw. Malcolm Gladwell, 2009.

Answer 1

chapter of the book is about the fall of one of the world’s largest energy tradingcompany well-known as Enron Corporation, which Fortune ranked among the “most admired”in the world. This incident is known as Enron Scandal. The author introduces the differencebetween puzzles and mystery by using the national-security expert Gregory Traverton’sdescription of the two words to depict what happened in the incident. As you read the chapter,the author gives out several examples to argue why Enron scandal remains a mystery, but not apuzzle.The chapter starts with the scene describing the trial of Jeffrey K. Skilling, the CEO ofEnron Corporation. He tries to make an appeal to the judge that he has lost good friends of him,however judge says “he had no choice but to be harsh: Skilling would serve 292 months inprison” after listening to the hearings of the witnesses, who have lost jobs, money, and livesafter the incident. After all, a single request from the Skilling’s lawyer to reduce the length ofthe sentence was denied by the judge.