Daily Archives: July 18, 2008
On multiple intelligences
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education – By William Deresiewicz (hat-tip: Mansij)
The existence of multiple forms of intelligence has become a commonplace, but however much elite universities like to sprinkle their incoming classes with a few actors or violinists, they select for and develop one form of intelligence: the analytic. While this is broadly true of all universities, elite schools, precisely because their students (and faculty, and administrators) possess this one form of intelligence to such a high degree, are more apt to ignore the value of others.
Reasons not to Party
Ravers lose sight at laser show – Yahoo! News
Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas, Russian health officials said on Monday.(Hat-tip: Anuja)
P&G Global Marketing Chief Wants to Purse a ‘Personal Passion’
P&G Global Marketing Chief Stengel to Step Down Wants to Purse a ‘Personal Passion’; Will Be Replaced by Marc Pritchard
“Jim feels very passionately that everything he has set out to achieve as global marketing officer he has now achieved,” a P&G spokesman said by way of explaining his departure. “One is his focus on reinvigorating our marketing function, and [another goal has been] strengthening P&G’s capabilities as one of the world’s leading brand builders. He feels he’s now achieved those goals.
Aiming higher
“One personal goal that he’s yet to achieve, that he now wants to focus all his personal efforts against, is he has a very personal passion to influence all marketers to embrace the power of marketing as a positive force in the world. He now wants to focus 100% on that, and feels the time is right to do that.”<>
