ignorance is bliss
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This presentation explains the difference between data, information, knowlegde and wisdom. But there is a difference between all this and happiness.TRANSCRIPT
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Ignorance is BlissBy Paul Brink, December 2010
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Good to know…
• Data is not Information• Information is not Knowledge• Knowledge is not Wisdom
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Datais not
Information
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Data is for examplea) Paul
6, 22, 66b) Elise
8, 24, 67c) Suzanne
2, 27, 5
→ Just some text and numbers
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Information is for examplea) Name: Paul
Date of Birth: June 22, 1966b) Name: Elise
Date of Birth: August 24, 1967c) Name: Suzanne
Date of Birth: February 27, 2005
→ Text and numbers with meaning
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Informationis not
Knowledge
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Knowledge is for example knowing that every year your birthday is a special daya) So for Paul June 22nd is a special dayb) So for Elise August 24th is a special dayc) So for Suzanne February 27th is special day
→ Combining information gives knowledge
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Knowledgeis not
Wisdom
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Wisdom is understanding that not only your birthday is a special day, but
every day is a special day
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Wisdomis not
Happiness
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You don’t need all this data, information, knowledge and
wisdom to make you
happy
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So why all this hunger for data, information, knowledge and wisdom
if it doesn’t make you happy?
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You don’t need Twitter, RSS-feeds, Facebook, Blogs, newspapers, e-mails
and SlideShare to make you happy
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For you own sake…
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• Forget Data• Forget Information• Forget Knowledge• Forget Wisdom
Be Happy!
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Ignorance is Bliss
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DisclaimerThis is my personal private opinion, not the opinion of the website managers, director or editors or the organization I work for.
My goal is to challenge my personal opinion to the opinion of others. “The many are smarter than the few.” So feel free to respond.
Paul Brink
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