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Malcolm Gladwell says it's often an accident of birth, circumstances and a system that provide fertile ground for achievement, a cultural belief system that enc
by mwattsun 5y ago
Malcolm Gladwell says it's often an accident of birth, circumstances and a system that provide fertile ground for achievement, a cultural belief system that encourages intellectual achievement or at least does not discourage it and most of all -- hard work
Malcolm Gladwell at Microsoft Research: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcMKLwVlpJk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcMKLwVlpJk
- nyolfen 5y agothese things are absolutely important but they are at most half of the picture. intelligence is broadly heritable: https://www.nature.com/articles/mp201185 https://www.nature.com/articles/mp201185 and a representative piece of a very large body of evidence that intelligence is the strongest predictor of achievement: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016028960100068X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...
- mwattsun 5y agoI agree with you that intelligence is inheritable. I was thinking about the development of that intelligence.
- mwattsun 5y agoGladwell is making the case in his talk that Asians aren't better at math or are more intelligent. He speaks directly to your point: Westerners believe that you are born with math skills or you're not. Asians believe you can be good at anything if you work at it. Gladwell says it's because Asians had to work harder than Westerners to feed themselves, since rice is a very labor intensive crop. I'm not supporting or disputing Gladwell - I'm still pondering it.