具体描述
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.
作者简介
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。
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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...
评分天才天才，天生之才，这个词语本身就带着所拥有的一切才能乃是先天禀赋的含义。 念书时，没有人不被灌输莫扎特四岁便会写曲，孔融六岁懂得让梨，甘罗十二岁拜相的故事，我们的脑海中慢慢因而产生了这样一个让人沮丧的结论，即天才只属于特定的人，如果生来平庸，那么便只好终生...
评分又是一年新生入学的忙碌时节，围绕“开学”这个主题的社会新闻纷纷占领人们的视野，其千奇百怪的程度令人啧舌。整个社会像是陷入了“为教育狂”的狂躁症。一位家长通过广播寄语学校的话可以代表全天下的父母心：“我把一个善良的孩子交给你们，希望你们能还我一个聪明智慧的孩...
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”...
评分发表于 《新人力》杂志2012年12月刊/总第352期 http://www.dooland.com/magazine/online.php?pid=NjE0OTU=&pageid=104 作为一个有意愿追求卓越、走向成功的人，最可怕的不是资质平庸、没有背景，也不是缺少经验和碌碌无为，而是对自己天分的怀疑和经常性的自我否定。 我们一直...
用户评价
很不错。
评分很不错。
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this 300 page book has more than 150 pages of notes and bibliography. a good read though.
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