I 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 place

We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live.

If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.

'Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.

We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to change our minds

Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher (or parent or student or policy maker) should ask: can technology help to achieve this goal, and which technologies are most likely to be helpful?

The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities.