Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesnt correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. – Robert Sternberg
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get. – Robert Sternberg
If youre not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you cant think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left. – Robert Sternberg
In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who cant learn well that way dont have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teachers teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn. – Robert Sternberg
And I think the more money you put in peoples hands, the more they will spend. And if they dont spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that. – Michael Bloomberg