Knowledge is power
In 1826 a Baltimore slaveholder banned an 8-year-old Frederick Douglass from learning to read. Douglass learned anyway, and his story…
how to learn
Your intelligence cannot be measured
Your IQ score is one number from one morning. Richard Feynman’s life shows why learning, solving problems and trying new…
Intelligence is the ability to understand
In 1997, Steve Jobs cut a confused Apple down to 4 products he drew on a whiteboard. Mark Manson’s quote…
Intelligence is the capacity to perceive
In the 1930s, a school decided 7-year-old Gillian Lynne had a learning disorder. A doctor switched on a radio and…
The intellectual is, quite simply
George Steiner’s test for an intellectual has nothing to do with degrees or job titles. It comes down to what’s…
Information only becomes knowledge
In 1951, Richard Feynman’s students could recite a physics rule word for word but couldn’t use it. This quote explains…
To play a wrong note
In 1801, Beethoven barely reacted when his student hit a wrong note but got angry when the boy played without…
There are only two ways to do things
In 1990, NASA launched a $1.5 billion telescope with a mirror ground to the wrong shape. This quote explains why…
Be a scientist
In 1901, Wilbur Wright said people wouldn’t fly for 1,000 years. This quote explains how he and Orville turned a…
The road to wisdom
In 1917, Lewis Fry Richardson spent 6 weeks working out a weather forecast that turned out to be wrong. Piet…