Based on the title, I was especting yet another opinionated story written by a successful outlier littered with biases, but actually every point resonated with me.
Maybe this article illustrates the difference between sharing knowledge and sharing wisdom.
Knowledge can be divisive because it's often communicated through rigid (black or white) statements and founded on outlier experiences but wisdom is generally not divisive; wisdom usually doesn't get people as excited but it's also harder to refute; wisdom is knowledge without the bias.
There are plenty of extremely clever (and extremely biased) developers, but very few wise ones.
I tend to think that upvote/downvote mechanisms (Like on Reddit and HN) are somewhat of a threat to the sharing of wisdom because wise ideas don't create that dopamine rush which clever ideas do (they don't trigger the strong feelings required for upvote/downvote). Wisdom is rarely surprising or controversial.
Even discussing the idea of wisdom seems to be taboo. As if it's some kind of outdated concept; but the irony is that it's more relevant now than ever.
Knowledge can be divisive because it's often communicated through rigid (black or white) statements and founded on outlier experiences but wisdom is generally not divisive; wisdom usually doesn't get people as excited but it's also harder to refute; wisdom is knowledge without the bias. There are plenty of extremely clever (and extremely biased) developers, but very few wise ones.
I tend to think that upvote/downvote mechanisms (Like on Reddit and HN) are somewhat of a threat to the sharing of wisdom because wise ideas don't create that dopamine rush which clever ideas do (they don't trigger the strong feelings required for upvote/downvote). Wisdom is rarely surprising or controversial.
Even discussing the idea of wisdom seems to be taboo. As if it's some kind of outdated concept; but the irony is that it's more relevant now than ever.