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From Ignorance to Wisdom: A Framework for Knowledge

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This is the issue with treating knowledge as a concrete thing — a noun. It implies that there is a specific point in which what you know becomes an absolute truth, and that barometer can continuously shift depending on who you are talking to. To remedy this problem, we need to be able to measure the quality of information we possess, as knowing more about a subject doesn’t necessarily mean that you are right. For example, in our current political landscape, people can be absolutely certain that they are knowledgeable about a particular topic, when in reality they are adopting a position based off intellectually shoddy sources (i.e. consuming news from just one source, having conversations only with people they agree with, etc.). So in order to measure the quality of how we obtain a piece of information, we introduced the concept of attentional capital in a prior post. Having a high AC means that you have obtained your information through focused and objective research, tested your find

From Ignorance to Wisdom: A Framework for Knowledge Archive ↓ Best Posts All Posts Recent Posts Newsletter Book Courses ↓ Thinking In Stories The Examined Writer Reflections From Ignorance to Wisdom: A Framework for Knowledge By Lawrence Yeo If you learn something for the first time, does that make you knowledgeable? Or do you have to be an expert in that domain? Or perhaps it’s somewhere near the middle? This is the issue with treating knowledge as a concrete thing — a noun. It implies that there is a specific point in which what you know becomes an absolute truth, and that barometer can cont

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