A key characteristic of culturally mature understanding is that it requires more than just rational thought (or any other aspect of intelligence in isolation). Mature systemic understanding requires that we bring to bear the whole of ourselves as systems and all the multiples ways we make sense of our worlds. Put simply, knowledge is captured quite well by the intellect alone; wisdom—of the practical, gritty sort the future demands—requires a more encompassing and complete kind of understanding.
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