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Practical wisdom: share the wisdom
- 1. Practical wisdom Share it around Stephen S Holden www.halfamind2.com
- 3. “Although the young may be experts in geometry and mathematics and similar sorts of knowledge, they nonetheless lack practical wisdom. Such wisdom is gained from experience which the young do not possess, for experience is the fruit of years." -- Nichomachean Ethics 1142a
- 4. “Although the young may be experts in geometry and mathematics [and technology and computers] and similar sorts of knowledge, they nonetheless lack practical wisdom. Such wisdom is gained from experience which the young do not possess, for experience is the fruit of years." -- adapted from Nichomachean Ethics 1142a
- 5. Age ? > 65 years of age %
- 6. “A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.’” -- Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
- 7. PRACTICAL WISDOM How do I get it?
- 8. Search for practical wisdom !
- 11. “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards” Kierkegaard
- 12. Sharing is shaping • “learn from the learner” -- Kierkegaard c.f., apprendre (Fr.)
Editor's Notes
- Schwartz & Sharpe (2010) 'the right way to do the right thing in a particular circumstance, with a particular person, at a particular time.'
- more olders / elders than ever before (16%>65 (from 8% 1970), and given that 65 is the new 55, 28%>55) therefore more practical wisdom in the world? live longer, good chance you did something right (or least, less things wrong!) BUT be careful – correlation is not causation don’t confuse age & experience – Nana filling prescription for birth control pills "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." Woody Allen - time may not heal all, but it definitely helps having some time between the hurts!
- can it be learned, can it be taught, or is it innate?
- if you remember the 60s, you weren’t really there! impulsiveness of youth : Nana and the FBI man who demands entry to all areas of property, enters field with bull a gentle lesson (ie, he survives) that helps the young FBI man to learn !
- ie why we learn so much from love it feels like we’re dying when it ends (breakup, death, etc), but we’re not Nana talking to her grandson and his girlfriend argument about Ghana
- sharing is not an ego-thing share because it might help! no need to ask the question ‘is it valuable?’ some are searching - but won’t see some are not searching - but will see eventually Nana’s lesson to me about two girlfriends, and the unstated bit maybe I’m not built to be with any one person guiding others on “the middle path” between making no mistakes & fatal mistakes – ie, healthy foolishness
- growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional age does not necessarily entail wisdom wisdom is the outcome of self-reflection - wisdom comes not from living life, but reflecting on life (which requires a passage of time) the unexamined life is not worth living (Plato)
- sharing requires listening, reflecting and … yet more learning make mistakes not open to it, or at least not now wrong timing on our part or maybe just plain wrong – but won’t kill us, and might make us stronger (wiser) context, complexity – rules & regulations are inadequate, eg mandatory sentencing, evidence-based medicine less rigidity, more humility/sensitivity sharing is a form of reflection - Kierkegaard
- the adjective “practical” refers to a practice rather than usefulness! share to care your kids, grandkids may not remember what you think is the single most important thing but they’ll remember something, when they need to, after you’re gone! share to shape Dalai Lama – think you’re too small to have an influence? try sleeping with a mosquito!