[smburdick]

I resent Gladwell to this day, possibly because I was assigned to read him in high school. He is quoted too much -- the 10,000 hours thing is just a meme at this point, for me anyway.

[CPLX]

He’s really just the physical world manifestation of the idea that “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

[peterfirefly]

Not to mention the whole Igon Value Problem.

[pingswept]

That sentence shocked me. It was the last Gladwell sentence I read.

[smburdick]

How can AI be unethical? There's eigen-values everywhere!

[medler]

Oh I agree 100%, the 10,000 hours thing is a cliché and the popular interpretation that 10,000 hours of an activity equals mastery has been throughly debunked. I roll my eyes whenever I see it mentioned.

I’m giving Norvig a pass here because I don’t remember it being such a cliché in 2008, and because I appreciate the point he’s making about the importance of practice. (Early in my programming education I often felt that I might just not be cut out for programming, and I wish more articles at the time had emphasized that it takes a lot of practice to become a good programmer).

[CSMastermind]

The breaking point for me was when someone linked me to his podcast where it's clear that he either hasn't done much diligence or is obviously ignoring information to tell a better story. It's painful and made me really question anything he puts into his books.