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MIT Dyslexia : Nicholas Negroponte on the Advantages of Dyslexic Thinkers

Dr. Nicholas Negropnte’s thoughts and feelings about the advantages and benefits of dyslexia. Read about how the founder of the MIT Media reflects on his own experience with dyslexia and how it propelled him to success. By Fernette Aide

Laura Lurns Last updated October 13, 2016 · 1 min read

This article highlights an old interview Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the MIT Media lab. He speaks at great length about his own struggles with dyslexia and how it presented a challenge to him personally. While he admitted it slows him down as a reader and causes him to transpose numbers inadvertently, he believes that it has positively shaped him and has only benefited his personal and professional life. He also noted how this condition has been passed down to his son.

This video is an interesting viewpoint on the dyslexic mind.

Even though Nicholas Negroponte acknowledges dyslexia is a disability, he has an incredible positive outlook on how it has impacted his life and how it shapes those who have it. He believes that it causes people to think differently and learn in different ways, which benefit all of society. Because people with dyslexia tend to think and learn differently, they have a unique perspective that can enhance projects and initiatives because they think outside the box and generate fresh ideas and directions.

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Nicholas Negroponte has a wonderful point regarding Dyslexia about people learning by listening, thinking, doing and making.
Negroponte is a successful man and co-founder of the MIT Media Lab.
The MIT Media Lab is responsible for the development of GPS, wearable technology, Guitar Hero and many other amazing inventions we use today.

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This video is an interesting viewpoint on the dyslexic mind.

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