Thursday, February 19, 2015
The New Yorker: "Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule"
[English version below]
Os papéis respectivos do talento e da dedicação no sucesso individual são objeto de frequente debate, e publico aqui um link para um artigo que saiu na New Yorker em 2013:
Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule
by Malcolm Gladwell
link do FB
Aparentemente, o artigo mostra um conhecimento muito mais profundo de esporte do que de música. Não que eu seja especialista (muito pelo contrário), mas, pelo pouco que sei, Satie e Paganini, como compositores, podem ser desqualificados para a regra das 10.000 horas, da mesma forma que high jumping, skeleton, darts, wrestling e sprinting o foram nos esportes.
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English version:
The respective roles of talent and dedication on individual success are the object of frequent debate, and I publish here a link to an article which appeared in the New Yorker in 2013:
Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule
by Malcolm Gladwell
FB link
Apparently, this article shows a deeper understanding of sports than of music. Not that I'm an expert (far from it), but, based on the little I know, Satie and Paganini, as composers, may be disqualified for the 10,000-hour rule, in the same way that high jumping, skeleton, darts, wrestling, and sprinting were in sports.
