Howard Gardner, "A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Synthesizing Is a Very Important Thing in the United States Economy
Howard Kurtz: I think for young kids, as an instrument like that, we'd say, who's got stuff stored but can activate it for other than the usual purpose. If you've heard of Warren Buffett or George Soros, it's because they're very good investors. But their approach is totally different. It's penalized by the title of Dan Kahneman's book Thinking Fast to Thinking Slow.Warren Buffett thinks slow. He takes a long time to decide whether to invest in something. When he invests in something, he stays in it for decades. And almost never sells and he's become very rich that way. George Soros is exactly the opposite. He decides an instant to buy
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