I have been meaning to watch this TED talk for some time, and was motivated after a "wise" comment from Tomaz in response a recent post on Wisdom:
A case in point -Have your seen Barry Schwartz on TED : We have stopped being wise?
I fear that chasing the next thing and constantly (un)learning cuts away the time to pause, then not just ask those 'why?' question but really have the time to ponder them and work them through (must be with others otherwise there is only so much navel gazing we can fruitfully do).
As Barry points points out, the trap that is keeping us from wisdom are the 'scripts' we so blindly follow most of our lives. John Ralston Saul is another wonderful questioner of similar things. It is something I am deeply interested and think about daily (can't blurt it all out in a comment or even a blog post probably).
To change though, I go by the maxim (as a teacher) – "Don't try to change the world, change one life at a time'.
Tomaz
Tomaz- I took your advice and have watched the TED talk twice, and each time grew wiser! Barry hits home runs on so many fronts:
- "Brilliance is not wisdom".
- "Wise people know when and how to improvise"
- "A wise person is made, not born".
- "A wise person knows when and how to make an exception to the rules"
Barry closes his talk with a call to action for teachers, encouraging us to model and demonstrate a respect for learning. He reminds us that someone is always watching, listening, and looking. Do we show our students what wise looks like- in ordinary and extraordinary ways? Do we embody the Habitudes of Wiseness?
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