đŁ Curious Quotes from the Author
âAn intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settingsâa definition that says nothing about either the sources of these abilities or the proper means of âtestingâ them.â
âOnly if we expand and reformulate our view of what counts as human intellect will we be able to devise more appropriate ways of assessing it and more effective ways of educating it.â
âI was claiming that all human beings possess not just a single intelligence (often called by psychologists âgâ for general intelligence). Rather, as a species, we human beings are better described as having a set of relatively autonomous intelligences.â
âI want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better placeâ
âStories are the single most powerful weapon in a leaderâs arsenalâ
âPerhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ across cultures and eras. Yet, these differences arise chiefly at the margins. All known societies embrace the virtues of truthfulness, integrity, loyalty, fairness; none explicitly endorse falsehood, dishonesty, disloyalty, gross inequity.
âWhile we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may
persist for certain purposes, the monopolyof those who believe in a single general intelligence has come to an end. Brain scientists and geneticists are documenting the incredible differentiation of human capacities, computer programmers are creating systems that are intelligent in different ways, and educators are freshly acknowledging that their students have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.â
âCreativity begins with an affinity for something. Itâs like falling in love.â
âPart of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches.â
âWhen Einstein had thought through a problem, he always found it necessary to formulate this subject in as many different ways as possible and to present it so that it would be comprehensible to people accustomed to different modes of thought and with different educational preparations.â
âIt is important for leaders to know their stories; to get them straight; to communicate them effectively, particularly to those who are in the thrall of rival stories; and, above all, to embody in their lives the stories that they tell.â
âDiscover your differenceâthe asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursedâand make the most of it.â
âAnd Einstein stood out among natural scientists in his abiding curiosity about children's minds. He had once declared that we know all the physics that we will ever need to know by the age of three.â
âEinstein was remarkable for his powers of concentration; he could work uninterruptedly for hours and even days on the same problem. Some of the topics that interested him remained on his mind for decades. For relaxation he turned to music and to sailing, but often his work would continue during these moments as well; he usually had a notebook in his pocket so that he could jot down any idea that came to him. Once, after the theory of relativity had been put forth, he confessed to his colleague Wolfgang Pauli, "For the rest of my life I want to reflect on what light is." It is perhaps not entirely an accident that a focus on light is also the first visual act of the newborn child.â
âFew things in life are as enjoyable as when we concentrate on a difficult task, using all our skills, knowing what has to be done.â
đ Cognition of the Bookâs Big Idea
The widespread perception in contemporary Western culture is that intelligence is a universal quality that can be quantified and expressed as a single number. Nonetheless, strong evidence points to the existence of multiple distinct intelligences functioning in comparatively isolated neurobiological environments.
The author identifies these intelligences as linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. It might be possible to create new assessments that identify a child's intellectual strengths and limitations by researching and studying these intelligences more thoroughly. This would assist educators better support children's potential.
đ€Collaborative Insight for Techies
People are just innately better at different things. Some people couldnât give a care in the world for something they donât want to do. They donât even need to try it first to know they want nothing to do with it.
With this frame of mind, we can put our sole effort into fixing the problems we want to fix, the oneâs we have a vested interest in solving, and not one weâre not good at solving, weâd rather let somebody else who is actually interested in them to solve them.
If youâre not solving the problems you want to work on at work, or if youâve solved the same problem over and over again with such efficiency that thereâs not a single thing you can learn from doing it again, it may be time to move on to a new challenge.
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