In case you missed it, the Wisdom 2.0 Conference was held in March.
It is the third of such conferences that bring “together people from a
variety of disciplines, including technology leaders, Zen teachers,
neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper
meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age.
“The conference addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only
live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways
that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and
useful to the world.”
It’s founder, Soren Gordhamer
talks about the danger of feeling disconnectedly connected. We live in a
largely extroverted culture that seems to be on steroids in the current
climate of social media. When you are constantly on, you can never
really be on from the inside out and are in danger of burn out or
overexposure. This reminds me of a guy, Dan Pearce, who blogs, Single Dad Laughing. Recently, he posted that he had over 4 million followers but felt lonely.
Feeling lonely means being cut off from people and connotes a
desperation. It is not the same as being in solitude. The latter means
you are by yourself but suggests a getting in touch with something deep
inside yourself that you can only do when separated from people. Much
can be revealed and learned when we bask in our solitude. Solitude
revives and renews us. It brings us back to our vulnerability and our
humanity. Solitude is a precious and underutilized – dare I say – tool –
in today’s technologically-driven society.
Checkout the Wisdom 2.0 site for archived videos of insightful speakers – and then unplug, just for a while to absorb the thoughts.
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I was attracted to your page. You have touched the subject of Wisdom. My son was aBipolar and committed suicide. He wrote a lot to me. His piece on WISDOM I have posted on net. On his grave I have inscribed his favourite " Wisdom is my most favourite word and to spend life seeking reverence for it is of loss none but being lost to a life most sublime. It is mostly overgrowing troubled tooth for all human beings ever since, but, surfaced only in the best philosophical mind" I thought readers of your blog would find this interesting how MOODY explained Wisdom.
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Hello Tahir. For some reason, I did not see this post until today! I'm sorry for my very tardy response. But appreciate your connecting. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your son. I have bipolar in my family and know how difficult it can be. He sounds like a profound young man.
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