Last March I went to the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point for a book launch. While there, I was able to talk to the press lab students. A question came up about how to write about a region or place. Even though I knew this question was coming, I didn't have the best answer. I broke into non-sequiturs that involve the speed at which people walk and how cold it is in Wisconsin. The professor then had to pull these jumbled thoughts together into a cohesive teaching moment for his...

Before you read any of this, please know I do not assume these next thoughts should be construed as my own established wisdom. If anything, I am trying to start a conversation about what constitutes wisdom. With that in mind I'd like to ask: what makes wisdom? Google says its, " the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise." So helpful. And the definition gets even more wonky when we insert a culture. Just to give an example of the difference...

I've been watching lots of people weigh in on AI and art. What I'm saying here may or not add to that conversation. But I have thoughts which straddle both of my professions and decided I'd get in the fray. As a mental health therapist I deal all day in feelings and thoughts. What most people don't realize is that both are information. The reason we seem to get so turned around in life is that we over-validate the logical information (thoughts) over the form-based information (feeling)....