'Pyramids Vs. Pancakes' By Michael Lewis

Imagine an 19th century corporation and a small child speaking his first words. Normally a person wouldn’t see any correlation between the two. But they would be very wrong. Both the business and the small child are capable of doing good work. When hearing good work, thoughts of just doing things successfully probably come to mind. After reading, Howard Gardner’s “Good Work”, a person will see that it is much more complex than that. To successfully analyze good work, a person must also read; “Pyramids vs. Pancakes” by Michael Lewis. Lewis discusses the structural dynamic that can affect the exchange of knowledge in a business. By utilizing both these readings, a reader can properly asses for knowledge exchange via communication and determine whether a person or corporation is truly doing good work. The first step into developing a well-rounded answer is to determine a well-formed definition of good work.
In “Good Work”, Gardner supports that good work is more complex than just being successful. In fact, it can be assumed

He introduces a world where the exchange of knowledge is fluid and can be spoken and heard by everyone. He follows the story of Marcus Arnold a young 15-year-old boy who aspires to be a lawyer and uses this fluid knowledge exchange to give legal advice to hundreds of people who seek help. By just reading “Pyramids and Pancakes”, one might assume that Marcus Arnold is doing good work. However, he does this under false pretenses by masking his identity. Lewis describes Marcus’s online profile by saying, “he uses a pseudonym on top of a pseudonym on top of a pseudonym” (Lewis 98). This is important because the false identities inevitably lead to his downfall. Once his true identity is discovered, people reject him and his answers. Although his intentions at face value were pure, his actions question whether he was performing good