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Dear Gregg,

Thanks for posting. I would like to challenge your view (as I am perceiving it). I do not believe there is a breakdown in our very capacity to share wisdom. I do not think "there is much wisdom to share"! What do I mean?

One perspective is that people with low wisdom (a number of general abilities), which group we all belong to, have very difficult to understand and adopt wisdom. How many times have you not tried to help a friend, colleague or partner with wise recommendations, but you always fail. Why? Augmenting wisdom is a very individual process, which normally takes LONG time (many years, decades or never). To become wise (and receptive) is, according to me, about training different abilities. The first one is seeing and understanding wholeness of yourself, others, things and systems. It means that you try to put every issue you are dealing with, into the bigger picture, to see all the relations, dependencies, feedback-loops, etc. The second is about values and feelings. You cannot take any decisions without involving these. What is important is that you are aware of all these values and feelings, the meaning of them, and the consequences when using/experiencing them. The third is leadership ability of yourself, others, groups, nations, etc. The fourth is critical thinking. The fifth is creativity and problems solving abilities. The sixth is empathy. The seventh is theoretical knowledge. The eighth is practical skills and number nine is conflict resolution abilities. The list could be comprised a little bit different, but I hope you see the main picture. It is a way of changing the thinking and acting pattern. Thus, it is much harder to share wisdom than we normally think.

Another perspective is that collective wisdom is very low. We actually do not understand what global sustainability is. There is not much to share. When we act as scientists, following rigorous scientific rules, we believe we are creating advice for the better of humankind. Most often, this is not the case. Humanity is incredibly creative, but very unwise. We have millions of gadgets, but we destroy the planet. We have millions of scientific articles, but we still ruin the planet.

I believe that artificial intelligence will be our savior in the way that our education system soon will be transformed. AI educators will be able to customize education to a very high degree (MOOCs). AI education will merge with Alexa/Siri/Google assistant (and others app) and will assist us 24/7. It is very feasible that this tool package can help humans to augment wisdom, by using daily activities to integrate reflection and micro educations. I will not go into details here.

If I have totally misunderstood your view, please tell me.

All the best,
Christer

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