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This is a very old article. 10.000 hours originates from this article. It's the original.

I believe Malcolm Gladwell was the guy who came up with the "10,000 hour rule". [1] Norvig's article actually quotes Gladwell as the source of the 'rule'.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)

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