With irresistibly persuasive vigor, David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic “giftedness,” and presents dazzling new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual.
DNA does not make us who we are. “Forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence,” he writes. “In recent years, a mountain of scientific evidence has emerged suggesting a completely new paradigm: not talent scarcity, but latent talent abundance.”
Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines—cognitive science, genetics, biology, child development—Shenk offers a highly optimistic new view of human potential. The problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already have. IQ testing and widespread acceptance of “innate” abilities have created an unnecessarily pessimistic view of humanity—and fostered much misdirected public policy, especially in education.
The truth is much more exciting. Genes are not a “blueprint” that bless some with greatness and doom most of us to mediocrity or worse. Rather our individual destinies are a product of the complex interplay between genes and outside stimuli-a dynamic that we, as people and as parents, can influence.
This is a revolutionary and optimistic message. We are not prisoners of our DNA. We all have the potential for greatness.
戴维•申克,美国著名作家,迄今共出版了5本书,其中包含《失忆》、《信息烟尘》(被称为数字时代的《寂静的春天》)与《不朽的棋局》。他目前担任《大西洋月刊》的通讯记者,同时也替各大杂志、电台撰稿,如《纽约时报》、《国家地理》、《纽约客》、《连线》、美国国家公共广播电台等。
如果说之前关于一万小时的书是一个个精细的拼图,那么本书就是一张航海图 —— 粗略但全面,给你清晰的导航,让你时刻看清方向。 我们都看到,关于一万小时理论的研究一直著作不断,而且每一本都非常有特色,最早的学术成果《剑桥专家与专业知识培养手册》的重磅问世...
评分2004年雅典奥运会,刘翔一鸣惊人,以平世界记录成绩斩获男子110米栏金牌,从此有了“中国飞人”的称号,中国人终于在田径赛场上扬眉吐气了,于是记者们大呼:谁说中国人不行?谁说亚洲人不行?一直以来笼罩中国乃至亚洲人头上“在田径赛场上难敌欧美选手”的阴影就此打破,刘翔...
评分当断断续续拖了好几天才把这本书看完的时候,说实话已经把一些当时觉得很有趣的东西忘得七七八八了,好读书而不动手记些东西,对于理解新事物往往事倍功半,不过还好,书中的很多观念其实我们已经是耳熟能详了,比如1万小时定律,还有“心态决定成就”、“小时了了大未必佳”...
评分 评分当人们在某些领域取得杰出成就,例如梅西、C罗之于足球,科比、詹姆斯之于篮球,朗朗、李云迪之于音乐,我们最经常听到的一句话就是:“他真是个天才!”似乎他们之所以取得如此成就,全赖血液里流淌的那股“天赋”,或者用个更加科学的字眼——基因。然而,这种早已在我们脑海...
很不错。
评分this 300 page book has more than 150 pages of notes and bibliography. a good read though.
评分很不错。
评分很不错。
评分很不错。