On wisdom

by Kevin T McEneaney

In a world where data oversupply

is paramount, is it possible

wisdom may become more arcane, harder

to achieve in an algorithmic world?

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Will algorithms bury tradition

as a relic of irrelevancy?

Will devices and data seduce us

to ignore the wisdom of Spinoza,

Montaigne, and other fountains of wisdom?

Aldous Huxley prophesied the danger….

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Will quantity diminish quality

amid the burgeoning population?

Wealth has never insured that wisdom reigns….

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Might we hope for justified true belief?