The last week’s reading is by Howard Garder, a trained psychologist with a background in cognitive and neuro science, and for the purpose of this article he also draws on history, anthropology, and other ‘humanistic’ studies.

Through his writing, he aims to speculate 5 different minds that will be crucial and necessary to develop for the future and these are the following:

• the disciplined mind: one who has ‘mastered’ a way of thinking, specific to scholarly disciplines, crafts, or professions
• the synthesizing mind: consumes information from various, disparate sources, and makes meaning of their findings
• the creating mind: poses new ideas, questions, fresh ways of thinking
• the respectful mind: welcomes diversity on the level of individuals as well as human groups, seeks to work effectively with them
• the ethical mind: thinks about how one’s work can benefit society and “the lot of all”

One of the main reasons why Garder has chosen these particular types of minds to present is because they possess not only ‘computational’ capabilities but also interpersonal, humanistic intelligence such as respect. Additionally, he reveals that these minds are the ones that are important for policy-makers.