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In the 2008 book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell dismisses the notion of the self-made individual. When we look behind the mythology and tropes, he argues, we see that wildly successful people “are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages, extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot.”