Intelligence - Wisdom
Wisdom is do with:
- broader view. more factors, people, etc.,
- deeper view. the level of impact, the ripple effect extended,
- richer view. beyond the box, more laterally, etc
Wisdom insists that you think slowly, very slowly. If you think fast you are very likely to be trapped by the habitual pattern. Wisdom is the ability to see through the surface appearance. Wisdom is the ability to imagine possibilities and to consider them.
"Now" and "Then" - the edge effect
One of the prime duties that wisdom is called upon to perform is to cope with the problem of "now" and "then".
A young person drops out of school to work and start earning money is "now". Later the earning capacity of that young person is substantially below that of his classmates who got more education (This is "then", or in a long run).
When the consequence of an action is spelled out, you want to direct your attention to the consequence. For example, if you know how harmful smoking mighte be then you do not smoke. In practice, the consequences effect is much weaker than it should be. You always believe that the bad consequences "will happen only to other people".
Two extreme group of "now" and "then"
There are people who want to live only for today and have fun today. Tomorrow will be coped with when tomorrow arrives. If you are healthy and have confidence in yourself then you will adjust to whatever circumstance arises. This is an attractive philosophy provided "getting by" and "having fun" are sufficient. They may well for the moment. But will they be later?
Then there are those who are forever "working for the future". For such people there is never a "now" or "today". If they reach one stage then they must work towards the next. If the enjoyment of work is a high value, this makes sense. But if work is a means to an end, on ehas to ask when that "end" is going to be reached.
Achievement is a value just as much as enjoyment. There are personal choices as to how the two get mixed.
As always, wisdom is about balance.
- broader view. more factors, people, etc.,
- deeper view. the level of impact, the ripple effect extended,
- richer view. beyond the box, more laterally, etc
Wisdom insists that you think slowly, very slowly. If you think fast you are very likely to be trapped by the habitual pattern. Wisdom is the ability to see through the surface appearance. Wisdom is the ability to imagine possibilities and to consider them.
"Now" and "Then" - the edge effect
One of the prime duties that wisdom is called upon to perform is to cope with the problem of "now" and "then".
A young person drops out of school to work and start earning money is "now". Later the earning capacity of that young person is substantially below that of his classmates who got more education (This is "then", or in a long run).
When the consequence of an action is spelled out, you want to direct your attention to the consequence. For example, if you know how harmful smoking mighte be then you do not smoke. In practice, the consequences effect is much weaker than it should be. You always believe that the bad consequences "will happen only to other people".
Two extreme group of "now" and "then"
There are people who want to live only for today and have fun today. Tomorrow will be coped with when tomorrow arrives. If you are healthy and have confidence in yourself then you will adjust to whatever circumstance arises. This is an attractive philosophy provided "getting by" and "having fun" are sufficient. They may well for the moment. But will they be later?
Then there are those who are forever "working for the future". For such people there is never a "now" or "today". If they reach one stage then they must work towards the next. If the enjoyment of work is a high value, this makes sense. But if work is a means to an end, on ehas to ask when that "end" is going to be reached.
Achievement is a value just as much as enjoyment. There are personal choices as to how the two get mixed.
As always, wisdom is about balance.
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