As A Purely Mathematical Fact,

You Can't Invent Google, Facebook Or The Ipod Unless You've Mastered The Basics, Are Willing To Put In Long Hours And Can Pick Yourself Up From The Floor When Life Knocks You Down The First 10 Times.

Some Parents Let Their Kids Sleep At Other People's Houses, Where They Drink Alcohol, Watch Tv For Hours And God Knows What Else. But If You Say You Have To Get All A's And Practice The Violin For Two Hours, Then They Consider That Abusive. That Upsets Me.

The Most Successful Hyperpowers Are The Ones Where There Was Actual Intermixing. Tang Dynasty China Was Chinas Golden Age, And Contrary To What I Was Told When I Was Growing Up, Tang China Was Founded By A Man Who By Todays Standards Was No More Than Half Chinese. It Was A Mixed-blood Dynasty That Pulled In "barbarians" From The Steppe.

But Just Because You Love Something, I Added To Myself, Doesn't Mean You'll Ever Be Great. Not If You Don't Work. Most People Stink At The Things They Love.

Tiger Parenting Is All About Raising Independent, Creative, Courageous Kids. In America Today, There's A Dangerous Tendency To Romanticize Creativity In A Way That May Undermine It.