I think it's an interesting look at the spread of bad information. When the concept of "everyone is 10,000 hours from being an expert" first surfaced, it was spread far and wide. As time went on and more evidence came out that this wasn't accurate, the NOT of the concept wasn't as interesting, so it wasn't spread nearly as much.
Basically, I don't blame people for still thinking it's true or a good rule of thumb. It's usually just used to say "if you want to be good at something, you have to practice", which is true.
Honestly, this makes it worse for me. Practice makes perfect was not exactly a novel concept before Gladwell. The phrase itself has been popular since before the US Civil War:
Basically, I don't blame people for still thinking it's true or a good rule of thumb. It's usually just used to say "if you want to be good at something, you have to practice", which is true.