Ignorance is BlissBy Paul Brink, December 2010

Good to know…

• Data is not Information• Information is not Knowledge• Knowledge is not Wisdom

Datais not

Information

Data is for examplea) Paul

6, 22, 66b) Elise

8, 24, 67c) Suzanne

2, 27, 5

→ Just some text and numbers

Information is for examplea) Name: Paul

Date of Birth: June 22, 1966b) Name: Elise

Date of Birth: August 24, 1967c) Name: Suzanne

Date of Birth: February 27, 2005

→ Text and numbers with meaning

Informationis not

Knowledge

Knowledge is for example knowing that every year your birthday is a special daya) So for Paul June 22nd is a special dayb) So for Elise August 24th is a special dayc) So for Suzanne February 27th is special day

→ Combining information gives knowledge

Knowledgeis not

Wisdom

Wisdom is understanding that not only your birthday is a special day, but

every day is a special day

Wisdomis not

Happiness

You don’t need all this data, information, knowledge and

wisdom to make you

happy

So why all this hunger for data, information, knowledge and wisdom

if it doesn’t make you happy?

You don’t need Twitter, RSS-feeds, Facebook, Blogs, newspapers, e-mails

and SlideShare to make you happy

For you own sake…

• Forget Data• Forget Information• Forget Knowledge• Forget Wisdom

Be Happy!

Ignorance is Bliss

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Paul Brink

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