The getting of wisdom

I spent decades contemplating the world around me and the last (almost) three years writing this blog.

The blog has been a method to crystallise my thoughts and also a mechanism to spark interesting conversations that take me to new places.

However, I do not store my wisdom in my readily accessible memory.

It just goes into background storage tucked away from my neocortex.

I almost believe that wisdom can be defined as learned and earned insights that can’t necessarily be quoted on demand.

Essentially I am building up a database of knowledge in my limbic brain that can be used to challenge my neocortex-driven behavior.

You could call it the basis of a dissonance alarm, triggered by awareness of intentions or the lack of them.

That’s a fancy way of saying it’s just the vibe of the thing.