http://www.metafilter.com/tags/howardgardner Posts tagged with 'howardgardner' at MetaFilter. Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:34:34 -0800 Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:34:34 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/13981/ <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html">The 5th Annual Edge.org Question </a> is: <i>What is your question?</i> Read answers from <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#greene" title="Are space and time fundamental concepts or are they approximations to other, more subtle, ideas that still await our discovery?">Brian Greene</a>, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#eno" title="Why do we decorate?">Brian Eno</a>, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#dawkins" title="How different could life have been?">Richard Dawkins</a>, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#pinker" title="What is the missing ingredient -- not genes, not upbringing -- that shapes the mind?">Steven Pinker</a>, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#gardner" title="In view of globalization, which is here to stay, and the events of September 11 and its aftermath, which were a shock to most of us, do we need to make fundamental changes in our educational goals and methods?">Howard Gardner</a>, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#dennett" title="What kind of system of coding of semantic information does the brain use?">Daniel Dennett</a>, and, yes, <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2002/question.02_index.html#alda" title="What is the nature of fads, fashions, crazes, and financial manias? Do they share a structure that can in turn be found at the core of more substantial changes in a culture? In other words, is there an engine of change to be found in the simple fad that can explain and possibly predict or accelerate broader changes that we regard as less trivial than "mere" fads? And more importantly, can we quantify the workings of this engine if we decide that it exists?">Alan Alda</a> (and many others). tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.13981 Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:34:34 -0800 alanalda brianeno briangreene danieldennett edge.org howardgardner richarddawkins stevenpinker mattpfeff