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Wisdom Is Taboo — And Why That Matters Now. https://livingartswisdom.substack.com/p/wisdom-is-taboo-and-why-that-matters

curiousdwk•...

I loved your blog on "Wisdom is Taboo". I'm not sure that I would describe Wisdom as "Taboo" as "Taboo" to me insinuates a repulsion by society. I think that our society is "Ignorant" of Wisdom, but I wouldn't say our society is repulsed by Wisdom....

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Joanna•...

Amused by how populist this is :)

They have PhDs but they don’t have common sense, and they don’t have wisdom.

What is the Dark Side of Wisdom? What would it be like to live in a Dark Age, devoid of Wisdom? Is there such a thing as too much Wisdom? Too little? Is Wisdom always good? Is there Wisdom in the Shadow? If so, what?

In contrast, what would it be like to live in a perfect Golden Age, where Wisdom is taken for granted the same way as brushing one’s teeth or wiping one’s ass? Would a Golden Age also include Wisdom’s Shadow? What do we even mean by Golden, Age, Dark, or Shadow anyway?

These are the questions bouncing around in my heart. What questions of yours bounce around in response? 🤔

jordanSA•...

When wisdom is opposite foolishness, we lose play, irreverence, jestering. When wisdom means knowledge we lose not-knowing, the joy of discovery, the mystery and our dance with it; we lose undoing, we lose the brilliance of not-here....