Outliers局外人

引言The Roseto Mystery意大利的一个小村落，贫穷落后，人民吃肉，吃甜食。可是却没有心脏病，没有任何病。These people were dying of old age. That"s it.
P1OPPORTUNITY
任何体育比赛的精英都经过层层选拔。成功靠的是individual merit，是吗？
Ecology: the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acron; it is the tallest also because no other trees blocked its sunlight, the soil around it was deep and rich, no rabbit chewed through its bark as a sapling, and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured.
先看Hockey 很多成功的人出生在123月份
p2The 10,000-Hour Rule
U of michigan 的Bill Joy, rewrite UNIX, Jav，天才innate talent. patience
p3 The Trouble with Geniuses
"practical intelligence"
The Three Lessons of Joe Flom: The Importance of Being Jewish; Dempgraphic Luck; The Garment Industry and Meaningful Work
The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes
Rice Paddies and Math Tests
成功，这个诱人的字眼，除了人们众所周知的智商的因素之外（因为书中的观点认为到了110之后，对于成功的影响，就减弱了），就是勤奋及文化传统的影响，早期移民到美的犹太人的制衣，千百年中国的稻田，他们的共同特点都是辛勤劳作带来回报和收获。
最后一章讲速了作者自己母亲的故事