Is It Worth Being Wise?
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Is It Worth Being Wise?
Wisdom is sometimes thought to be timeless and abstract. But the kinds of wisdom we need to make better decisions in our lives—around work or relationships—or as a society are very much matters of context. It is therefore more useful to think of wisdom as bringing together a set of ways of thinking—cleverness, knowledge and ethics—to guide
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