When Gladwell wrote his essay he was thinking in the past when the whole world is living in the present. All of these factors are very important and should be considered when analyzing and reading his essay. Gladwell does explain and prove many of his viewpoints and gave examples for them, yet he is missing key information. I think the context in which he analyzed the essay was slightly confusing. The essay was very confusing in my opinion because he is talking in past tense and he stays that way throughout the essay. Gladwell does not change timelines. He keeps his focus on the 1960s and he starts to blame social media for the decrease of activism and protests. Yes, the social media is to blame for this because it makes us lazy, but not entirely.
