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Any examples of how this would work? I'm a bit confused.
If it were found that people are more or less productive/successful based on the amount of iron in their diets during early childhood they would both be proven wrong (this example is strictly for illustration). I believe that there are many contributing factors and possible paths to productivity and success (as well as many ways to measure both).
Why do people on HN discuss the title, and not the content? The average discussion on reddit/programming (for example) is now of higher quality than HN these days, for the same story - and with less oneupmanship. To me, the interesting thing about this story isn't the presentation of the thesis (using Ayn Rand), but to question the thesis itself: Is success more circumstantial than personal? http://nymag.com/arts/boo…
Ayn Rand says no; Gladwell says yes.
In what recently underdeveloped nation do people NOT work like mules? Where in the developing world do parents NOT push their kids hard to study?
China, India, All of Eastern Europe?
There's nothing magical about rice.
Why do people on HN discuss the title, and not the content? The average discussion on reddit/programming (for example) is now of higher quality than HN these days, for the same story - and with less oneupmanship. To me, the interesting thing about this story isn't the presentation of the thesis (using Ayn Rand), but to question the thesis itself: Is success more circumstantial than personal? http://nymag.com/arts/boo…
I strongly recommend voting up the original article so that we may refocus the discussion (I did not submit it):
Man these guys have it all figured out. Bunch of shit both of them. Know why Bill Gates succeeded? Cause he worked hard. Know why Chinese kids do better in Math? Cause they usually start from nothing, parents come over here start a new life and tell them to work hard to make it. Cause of the Chinese tradition of strong family the kid listens.
People who start from the bottom work harder to get out, people who start at the top sit around and do nothing until they've been passed up.
These are of course generalizations of a majority of these social groups.
So according to Malcolm Gladwell I need to be Chinese to be good at math and because I was born in the later half of the year I am not good at sports therefore I am good at computers. Man these guys have it all figured out. Bunch of shit both of them. Know why Bill Gates succeeded? Cause he worked hard. Know why Chinese kids do better in Math? Cause they usually start from nothing, parents come over here start a new…
Why do people on HN discuss the title, and not the content? The average discussion on reddit/programming (for example) is now of higher quality than HN these days, for the same story - and with less oneupmanship. To me, the interesting thing about this story isn't the presentation of the thesis (using Ayn Rand), but to question the thesis itself: Is success more circumstantial than personal? http://nymag.com/arts/boo…
The point of the blog is the question: do the successful at least part of their success to the society they grew up in. Ayn Rand says no; Gladwell says yes.
A question.
Did Roarke have the moral or legal rights to destroy the development after the owners changed the design?
Why do people on HN discuss the title, and not the content? The average discussion on reddit/programming (for example) is now of higher quality than HN these days, for the same story - and with less oneupmanship. To me, the interesting thing about this story isn't the presentation of the thesis (using Ayn Rand), but to question the thesis itself: Is success more circumstantial than personal? http://nymag.com/arts/boo…
I have always found Gladwell's work to be interesting, but he suffers severely from confirmation bias. His pieces seem like very well laid out hypotheses with a lot of biased support and no further development nor testing. But again, they are interesting and great conversation starters. I strongly recommend voting up the original article so that we may refocus the discussion (I did not submit it): http://news.ycombin…