It’s going to be hard not to draw comparisons between this and the recent Gay Marriage in the Marvel Universe, but I think this should be considered a bigger deal, since, you know… It’s the Green Lantern. Mind you, I was never a fan.
In his 2008 book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that one of the keys to success is an investment of 10,000 hours of practice. The musicians featured in this infographic, includingCaribou’s Dan Snaith, Chromeo’s David Macklovich and Buffy Sainte-Marie, have not only managed to put in the time to become experts in their genres, but have somehow managed to acquire doctorates as well. In the infographic below, we break them down by artist, genre and field of study with surprising results.
(via davethebrave)