Originally shared by Corina Marinescu The theory of multiple intelligences is a theory of intelligence that differentiates it into specific (primarily sensory) 'modalities', rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability. This model was proposed by Howard Gardner in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. In the heyday of the psychometric and behaviorist eras, it was generally believed that intelligence was a single entity that was inherited; and that human beings – initially a blank slate – could be trained to learn anything, provided that it was presented in an appropriate way. Nowadays an increasing number of researchers believe precisely the opposite; that there exists a multitude of intelligences, quite independent of each other; that each intelligence has its own strengths and constraints; that the mind is far from unencumbered at birth; and that it is unexpectedly difficult to teach things that go against early ‘naiv...
It feels like we need to stop them... but we can't stop them. They're going to go ahead and create all this stuff regardless of what any of us want, or the consequences. They're just going to keep building it because ... someone is paying them to. That's why. Unfortunately, even if we knew who and why exactly, it still wouldn't really help us unless we are really willing to take determined action. And since most people are not willing to do so, we will simply go along for the ride until one day we're all wondering "WTF happened to our once-pretty-nice world?" If you don't take action, if you don't speak out, if you just sit there and say 'well, I guess it's ok"... then they will keep going, and going, and going ... and later I am guessing some people will remember that there was a time when it could have been stopped... but no one did anything. So far.
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