Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The movement from data to wisdom


From Big Dog and Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition, this was developed form work by Antonio Damasio from  Descartes' Error. It provides a  nice way of looking at the development from gathering data to generating information to putting the information in context for knowledge and then acquiring wisdom. 



This second graph extends the linear development. Starting with data in the form of facts, we can gain information by placing this data in context. Knowledge can formed in either an explicit or tacit manner. Tacit knowledge is usually in the  form of experience. Explicit knowledge may be in the form of what we learn in school through processes and concepts. Knowledge conversion comes from internalization. This process leads to wisdom.

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