All 8 Uses of
consequence
in
Outliers
- But these exact same biases also show up in areas of much more consequence, like education.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *consequence = importance
- Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success?
Chpt 1 (definition 2)consequences = results
- We could easily take control of the machinery of achievement, in other words, not just in sports but, as we will see, in other more consequential areas as well.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)consequential = important
- What a child did was considered by his or her parents as something separate from the adult world and not particularly consequential.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- The most important consequence of the miracle of the garment industry, though, was what happened to the children growing up in those homes where meaningful work was practiced.
Chpt 5 (definition 2)consequence = result
- "In low-power distance index countries," Hofstede wrote in his classic text Culture's Consequences: "power is something of which power holders are almost ashamed and they will try to underplay."
Chpt 7 (definition 2)consequences = results
- The long summer vacation, a peculiar and distinctive American legacy that has had profound consequences for the learning patterns of the students of the present day.
Chpt 9 (definition 2) *consequences = effects (results)
- One very real possibility is that these are the educational consequences of the differences in parenting styles that we talked about in the Chris Langan chapter.
Chpt 9 (definition 2)consequences = results
Definitions:
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(1) (consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance
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(2) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)