Research Sprints are short (usually one hour) Internet spelunking sessions guided by questions. As I explore, I stream my thoughts into the Captain's Log. Writing prevents me from defaulting to a passive knowledge consumption mindset. While writing, I engage with what I read, and it is easier to notice when I am surprised. Afterwards, I summarize and quantify how much my beliefs updated.
50%: getting precise about a word like "wisdom" will require factoring it into a few different sub-goals - this is just too broad.
idk%: "Wise reasoning" is the ability to balance competing interests, such as those between short- and long-term goals, personal vs extrapersonal vs interpersonal goals, and adjusting to vs influencing one's environment (Sternberg 1998)
idk%: different sets of values can be compared to each other once you assume a normative ethical framework.
90%: wisdom is related to knowing what is right and acting accordingly.
Future questions:
Updated 5:25 PM.
4:03 PM: My own definition, to start: someone who is wise understands their own path to living a good and meaningful life, and makes decisions accordingly. They're also effective at helping others find their own path. It's connected to good judgment. They pull not just from their own experience, but they're also well-read and consulting with wise people from the past.
I feel wise right now! I biked over here to BKPL, am listening to classical music, am following my curiosity, and am feeling pretty great overall.
4:06 PM: Joe Edelman's definition: someone that is fast to feel through situations. "Feeling through" means using emotions as guides to what is important. A wise person is one that has felt through many situations before, and has articulated their values, and lives completely in accordance with their values, so they feel a healthy pride in themselves.
An emergent definition: someone that lives completely in accordance with their values.