Have you ever wondered why bookstores and bestseller lists are filled with books that have no useful purpose?

You know the ones I’m talking about, authors of books like “Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, and Outliers: The Story of Success“; or books by authors similar to Bissinger’s “Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, Three Nights in August, and Shooting Stars written with LeBron James.”

Do we really need another reminder that book writers have nothing better to do than waste our time trying to block our way to the Sports section of the bookstore?