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In the slowly changing world of the past, wisdom could accumulate over generations through lots of trial and error. In today's rapidly changing world, every generation has to reinvent the wisdom wheel for a new world, without the usual guidance from generations past. 1/2
I always thought in a rapidly changing environment sensory skills for adaptation makes more sense instead of accumulated knowledge, but if some domain changes slowly then it makes a lot of sense to gather knowledge first.
"'Wise' and 'smart' are both ways of saying someone knows what to do. The difference is that 'wise' means one has a high average outcome across all situations, and 'smart' means one does spectacularly well in a few."
Great essay as usual. I think you are correct that we (as a species) have recently rewarded intelligence above wisdom as you define it. However, I suspect the pendulum goes back and forth. As wisdom becomes a rare trait, wisdom will become more valuable. (Supply-Demand)
Wisdom is in short supply at corporate C Suite levels. Genius less valuable than knowing how to chart the proper course.
I’d like to propose a slight reframe to intelligence vs wisdom: Intelligence = capacity to solve problems Wisdom = capacity to identify important problems
Very interesting. Re: "people are not simply wise in proportion to how much experience they have," I've always thought of it kind of like an equation: L x E = W. Experience is one input, the other (which I called L) is how good you are at learning from experience.
Of a number of traits that might contribute to a high L, humility is probably high on the list. Arrogance cripples L, which in turn cripples L x E.
The word I looked for - that I don't think I saw - was "patience." IMO, an intelligent man often rushes towards the "right" answer, Best Boy style, hand shooting up first for teacher, etc. Many Q's can be adroitly handled this way. But what if the Q is "Should we make war?"
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