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“The early development of speed reading can be traced to the beginning of the (20th) century, when the publication explosion swamped readers with more than they could possibly handle at normal reading rates.”

Quote by Tony Buzan

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Tony Buzan, born on June 2, 1942, is a British author and psychologist. He is renowned for inventing Mind Mapping, a tool widely used in education, business, and personal development. Buzan's work aims to help people improve their memory and creativity. more

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“While we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may persist for certain purposes, the monopoly of those who believe in a single general intelligence has come to an end. Brain scientists and geneticists are documenting the incredible differentiation of human capacities, computer programmers are creating systems that are intelligent in different ways, and educators are freshly acknowledging that their students have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.”

“Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do... Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves.”

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“But once we realize that people have very different kinds of minds, different kinds of strengths -- some people are good in thinking spatially, some in thinking language, others are very logical, other people need to be hands on and explore actively and try things out -- then education, which treats everybody the same way, is actually the most unfair education.”

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“Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.”

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“The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings.”

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Book:Flow: The Psychology of Happiness

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