wisdom knowledge and the Information age

Wisdom, knowledge and Information in the information age

Lets be clear we dont need to know all the stuff that we could know.

There is a fear of being overwhelmed by all the Information we are mining, which is like saying it would be heavy if we tried to carry ALL the tools from Home Hardware around with us ALWAYS.

We’re not that crazy, when it comes to tools we use the ones we need at the time an then put them away. That’s what information is a tool.

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Wisdom, as in the Wisdom of proverbs, the Wisdom of Solomon the wisdom of the Greeks, Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, Sufism,The wisdom of the Ancient Middle East, etc.

Wisdom is a set of knowns by the species that allow us to get the most out of the journey (life). It doesnt change. It is always the same.

In our era of re packaging and marketing we gussie it up as The Secret, or Positive Motivation, or How to win Friends, Or Visualization, or Core Influence etc. But its the same. Wisdom however is always something that is worth exploring. Its the best path through the minefield.

Knowledge tends to be the results of differing personalities and motivations using wisdom. Its sometimes useful, sometimes misleading and not essential. Its other peoples take on absolutes.

Information is just stuff. Mostly its people (scientists in particular) putting names on things that already exist. Is your snow shovel any better because its now know to be made up of sub atomic particles – it was always made up of sub atom particles. Call them quarks, feel free.

Information is a tool. And as we do more (technologically speaking) we use more dedicated tools. If you are auto mechanic in 1910 you dont need many tools. If you are auto mechanic in 2010 (and want to stay in business) there are so many tools, your better off specializing – Domestic, Japanese, German autos etc. They all have different tools.

So with information. Its a set of tools. Use the appropriate ones when you need them and put them away. You dont need to know every tool. Because your not going to do everything all at one. Just know if you are going to do something, there’s a tool for that ( to coin a phrase) Use it or dont. But you dont need to cart it around with you for life. Its not that useful.

Wisdom, knowledge and information.

Wisdom is the core that never changes – the rest, well thing of it perhaps as fashion. Cool for a while but then, the next thing comes along