Information Vs. Knowledge
exploring the difference between information, knowledge, and wisdom
by sari and · updated 4mo ago
Information Vs. Knowledge
“we maxed out intelligence but minimized wisdom”
sari added 4mo ago
Bora added 7mo ago
“Wisdom is the distilled essence of all of the details.”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson
Alara added 1y ago
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — even in that we skip forward — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of
... See moreBora added 1y ago
- Information is little pieces of idea that you have. Your speed lists will probably consist mostly of information.
After you collect a bunch of information, you'll detect patterns and relationships. As you integrate ideas together, it becomes far greater than the sum of the individual pieces- it becomes knowledge .
What is Wisdom? I define it as kno... See morefrom Theory of Notebooks
alex added 1y ago
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Alara added 1y ago
alex added 1y ago
In order to think the intelligent, informed, original thoughts we’re capable of, we can’t rely on the brain alone. We have to think outside the brain.
from The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
sari added 1y ago
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