A large part of growing up is learning who you are and a who you want to be, which are two we hope, i hope, two different things. We start off unformed in so many ways. And one of the deepest things i learned, i'd say, in the last ten years, came from a conversation with you. I my new book while problems, which is this inside of harry frankfort, that we don't just have wants or desires, we have desires about our desires. He cals them yes.
Many people think schools are no place for teaching character. Psychologist Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and founder of Character Lab, disagrees. She talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the implicit curriculum for character, the critical role early education plays in shaping our adult values, and why the Marshmallow Test doesn't determine our destiny.