This is the wisdom project, founded by photographer and director Andrew Zuckerman. It emphasizes the face that we have lost touch with the experiential knowledge our elders have from just simply living through so much more. An excerpt from Jane Goodall:
“It is awfully sad that with our clever brain, capable of taking us to the moon, we seem to have lost wisdom … and that is the wisdom of the indigenous people, who would make a major decision based upon: how would this decision affect our people seven generations ahead?”
We as a world do not think in this form. We think of the here and now. We want results immediately and rarely think in terms of the big picture or even into the near future. Other cultures are learning and respecting the elders within their society, we have decided they lose relevancy around age 65. All of their knowledge could really help us especially in today's faltering economy. Wisdom can help in any genre really, art and design included.
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