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This is not true, Gladwell readily admits that the literal value of 10,000 was not meant to be taken literally.
by dimino 10y ago
This is not true, Gladwell readily admits that the literal value of 10,000 was not meant to be taken literally.
- curried_haskell 10y agoBut people take it at face value. And if 10,000 is just a made-up number, then is he even saying anything of value? It takes thousands of hours to become an expert at something. Wow! Really? Who knew!?
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoIts like with Bill Gates-you mean someone interested in computing in the 1970s started a famous tech company? What are the odds!
- randomsearch 10y agoHave you read Outliers? It makes exactly that point.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoYes, that was my point-Gladwell takes the utterly obvious (in this case) and makes it out to be profound. Its like saying its amazing that so many junior officers in World War 1 were senior officers in World War 2.