Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.

We need to develop people rather than process them.

It's fine to pretend that people are one-dimensional, like in body size; the problem comes when you forget that you are just pretending.

Character is incredibly jagged, and incredibly contextualized, even to the point where I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it.

Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.

Our biggest project is actually more in the social sciences, where we are studying mastery - how people get good at things - only we do it from an individuality perspective.

Talent - really, everyone agrees, it's multidimensional, and often overlooked in standard assessments. That's not hard for people to accept.

The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.

I care deeply about opportunity and fairness, because I grew up really poor.

Behavior isn't something someone "has." Rather, it emerges from the interaction of a person's biology, past experiences, and immediate context.

Move on. Be well. Go for it!

What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?

summer is in me—clouds and lakes of shadows, rippling under the trees

Today, we see ISIS dwindling. We see that terrorist organization, with all their bravado, losing their territory and going back from a proto-state to an underground terrorist organization.

The suffering itself is not so bad; it's the resentment against suffering that is the real pain.

The only object of liberty is life.

Documentaries are my favorite thing, and the more depressing, the better.

Revival is not just an emotional touch; it's a complete takeover!

I've been a member of some good gyms in the past. I love a good spinning class; I love a good aerobics class.

The dividing line between the wave or particle nature of matter and radiation is the moment “Now.” As this moment steadily advances through time it coagulates a wavy future into a particle past.