I reject the notion that human beings have a single intelligence, which can be drawn on for the full range of problem solving.

No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But by seizing the opportunity to leverage and frame these experiences, we gain agency over them. And this heightened agency, in turn, places us in a stronger position to deal with future experiences, even as it may alter our own sense of strengths and possibilities.

Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.

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

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

If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.

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.