Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Creating Innovators
Tony Wagner · 2012
80/100
👍 Worth It
Tony Wagner makes a compelling, human case for how parents, teachers, and employers can stop squashing curiosity and start cultivating it. The profiles of young innovators are the book's engine — they make abstract arguments concrete and memorable. Translated into 17 languages, it found a genuinely global audience, though its prescriptions work best in well-resourced environments and its STEM-heavy examples show their age.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance82
craft78
originality76
accuracy80
hype74
age-fit84
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict80
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