![]() ![]() A listicle can never order information into truth, much less imbue it with meaning. Although the list may be the origin of culture, truth and meaning are culture’s end goal. Listicles commandeer these bits into alleged order, furthering our collective delusion of mistaking information for truth and meaning there is a reason, after all, why we call such disjointed bits of information “trivia” - the true material of wisdom is meaning, and the meaningful is the opposite of the trivial. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think often, and with billowing concern, about the role of storytellers in helping us cultivate wisdom in the age of information - a task increasingly challenging and increasingly important as we find ourselves bombarded with bits of disjoined information, devoid of the sensemaking context that only deft storytelling can impart. ![]()
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