This is a helpful list of practices! The "Life Experiments" one is new to me and sounds especially intriguing, will give it a spin.
I also noticed you are working with a broad definition of wisdom.
My recent work focused on wisdom as adaptive framing (leaning a lot on Vervaeke), so that would align most closely with #10 here (which doesn't need to be woo IMO).
I appreciate how the ecology of practices you offer here ultimately supports a similar process.
All of the different systems within an agent and their relationship to the environment.
If those are well-tuned (e.g. with some of the practices you suggest), whatever will lead to effectiveness and well-being is recognised as relevant. That's what wisdom is IMO
e.g. if I'm hungry, my stomach determines relevance (food). But it's often not as easy as that and requires opponent processing (e.g. right/left hemisphere, attention/awareness) and toggling between different ways of knowing.
If this process is not working well, we pick out unhelpful things as relevant (e.g. fast food vs. healthy food).
This is a helpful list of practices! The "Life Experiments" one is new to me and sounds especially intriguing, will give it a spin.
I also noticed you are working with a broad definition of wisdom.
My recent work focused on wisdom as adaptive framing (leaning a lot on Vervaeke), so that would align most closely with #10 here (which doesn't need to be woo IMO).
I appreciate how the ecology of practices you offer here ultimately supports a similar process.
Thank you! The only thing I would (and have) as John Vervaeke is: what in our environment directs our attention?
absolutely! relevance realisation seems to be at the core of wisdom and is such a helpful concept
But what determines relevance?
All of the different systems within an agent and their relationship to the environment.
If those are well-tuned (e.g. with some of the practices you suggest), whatever will lead to effectiveness and well-being is recognised as relevant. That's what wisdom is IMO
e.g. if I'm hungry, my stomach determines relevance (food). But it's often not as easy as that and requires opponent processing (e.g. right/left hemisphere, attention/awareness) and toggling between different ways of knowing.
If this process is not working well, we pick out unhelpful things as relevant (e.g. fast food vs. healthy food).
How do you know which INFORMATION to pay attention to?
Thank you for your work - this is so helpful and inspiring as a guide 🙏
Thanks for the kind comment!
Really great piece bringing together a lot!!
Thank you!
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