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Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
I too have tussled with, a decade later, in contemplating the challenge of cultivating wisdom in the age of information, particularly in a media landscape driven by commercial interest whose very business model is predicated on conditioning us to confuse information with meaning. (Why think about what constitutes a great work of art — how it moves... See more
Maria Popova • Susan Sontag on Storytelling, What It Means to Be a Good Human Being, and Her Advice to Writers
We no longer say "I don't know". We live in an age in which there is way too much information, but little knowledge and even less wisdom. We must change this ratio. We need to spend less time with snippets of information, and focus on the pursuit of knowledge, the love of wisdom. My heartfelt thanks to @louisianaliterature for this conversation,... See more
shafakelifinstagram.comMaria Popova, who writes the popular site The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings), spends her days reading old books and essays. She’s passionate about finding ideas, beauty, and wisdom in these texts and then connecting them in her own unique conversation with the world.