Five Minds for the Future

So, there are bunch of ways to think: Respectful, disciplinary, synthetizing, creative, ethical, respectful - ones. Not too groundbreaking or reality-shattering or anything. An interesting fast read with a lot of bland text in-between the good pieces.......more

Gardner, famous for his theory of Multiple Intelligences (the shocking (not really!) idea that genius is more than math and verbal, and that standardized tests such as the IQ and SAT ignore this reality), suggests a paradigm for 21st century education based on 5 cognitive abilities. Just as with his......more

This book was ok. I think the major lesson is that heavy academics should have journalists co-write or ghost write for them (ala Steven Levitt with Freakonomics). Gardner's thesis is sound, and I think he makes a good point for the types of minds we'll need in the future. But I think rather than a 1......more

Such an interesting read. I’ve been chewing on many of his points in the first few chapters about the disciplined mind, synthesizing mind, and creative mind. Once he gets into the respectful mind and the ethical mind it became increasing clear that the worldview directs that trajectory. This is the......more

This book is being categorized as Leadership and I have seen it shelved with the business books. In this book, in particular its description of the Respectful and Ethical minds, Gardner straddles a middle ground between developmental psychology (he cites Erik Erikson as a mentor and hero) and what u......more