Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society
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Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society is a seminal book by John W. Gardner that explores how individuals and societies can continually adapt, grow, and innovate in the face of change.
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| Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society canonical | 1 |
| writing Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8666159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society Context triple: [John W. Gardner, notableWork, Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society]
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The Intelligent Individual and Society
"The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
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Be Fearless principles for innovation and social change
Be Fearless principles for innovation and social change is a framework developed by philanthropist Jean Case that encourages bold risk-taking, experimentation, and resilience to drive transformative social impact.
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Education for a Changing Civilization
Education for a Changing Civilization is an influential progressive education text by William Heard Kilpatrick that explores how schooling should adapt to the social and cultural demands of modern society.
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Designing Future Society for Our Lives
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E.
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self is a seminal work of social and political theory that examines how modern psychological expertise and institutions shape individual subjectivity and self-governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society Target entity description: Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society is a seminal book by John W. Gardner that explores how individuals and societies can continually adapt, grow, and innovate in the face of change.
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A.
The Intelligent Individual and Society
"The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
-
B.
Be Fearless principles for innovation and social change
Be Fearless principles for innovation and social change is a framework developed by philanthropist Jean Case that encourages bold risk-taking, experimentation, and resilience to drive transformative social impact.
-
C.
Education for a Changing Civilization
Education for a Changing Civilization is an influential progressive education text by William Heard Kilpatrick that explores how schooling should adapt to the social and cultural demands of modern society.
-
D.
Designing Future Society for Our Lives
Designing Future Society for Our Lives is the central theme of Expo 2025 Osaka, focusing on envisioning innovative, sustainable, and human-centered ways of living in the future.
-
E.
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self is a seminal work of social and political theory that examines how modern psychological expertise and institutions shape individual subjectivity and self-governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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person ⓘ |
| advocates |
active citizenship
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constructive risk-taking ⓘ continuous self-examination ⓘ openness to new ideas ⓘ |
| author | John W. Gardner ⓘ |
| describes |
barriers to institutional renewal
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barriers to personal renewal ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
the importance of values in guiding innovation
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the need for resilience in times of rapid change ⓘ the role of institutions in fostering or inhibiting renewal ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how individuals can continually renew themselves
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how societies can remain innovative ⓘ the relationship between individual growth and social progress ⓘ |
| genre |
self-help
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social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | John W. Gardner ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
discourse on civic engagement
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leadership studies ⓘ organizational development thinking ⓘ |
| knownFor | writing Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
adaptation to change
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civic responsibility ⓘ innovation ⓘ leadership ⓘ lifelong learning ⓘ organizational renewal ⓘ personal growth ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating the concept of self-renewal at both individual and societal levels
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its enduring relevance to discussions of innovation and change ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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public official ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society Description of subject: Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society is a seminal book by John W. Gardner that explores how individuals and societies can continually adapt, grow, and innovate in the face of change.
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