Gardner asserts these five minds because he feels that our current education system unwisely promotes memorization of discrete facts rather than learning a discipline’s approach to solving problems; that contemporary society does not sufficiently understand the value of combining disparate sources; that our organizations set up systems and processes that impede creativity; that our organizations pay lip service to valuing diversity, but do not truly value what it contributes; and that our society pursues profit at the expense of the quality of life and living.