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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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this 300 page book has more than 150 pages of notes and bibliography. a good read though.
评分this 300 page book has more than 150 pages of notes and bibliography. a good read though.
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