Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?
Scientific American: At last weekend’s annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Boston, Cornell University psychologist Robert… More
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Angela Duckworth: ‘A Passion Is Developed More Than It Is Discovered’
NPR: I spoke to Angela Duckworth, the New York Times bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, about… More
Does Chess Make You Smarter?
The Wall Street Journal: It’s a popular notion that learning chess can make you smarter. Chess clubs and federations around… More
The War on Stupid People
The Atlantic: As recently as the 1950s, possessing only middling intelligence was not likely to severely limit your life’s trajectory… More
The Stanford professor who pioneered praising kids for effort says we’ve totally missed the point
Quartz: It is well known that telling a kid she is smart is wading into seriously dangerous territory. Reams of… More
Smarter Every Year? Mystery of the Rising IQs
The Wall Street Journal: Are you smarter than your great-grandmom? If IQ really measures intelligence, the answer is probably a… More