Knowledge is easy, ignorance is hard.

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Knowledge is easy, ignorance is hard.

The world we grew up in—the world of scarce, valuable knowledge—is gone forever: http://goo.gl/yqKsSQ

Nearly all the knowledge that we’re exposed to each day is being pushed at us by somebody else’s agenda. Knowledge purveyors, colleagues, clients, the media, and just about everyone on the Internet wants to influence our thinking in their direction, distract us, sell us something, or immerse us in their assumptions and biases.

This highlights an important differentiator between successful and unsuccessful professionals: The ability to maintain ignorance about irrelevant, misleading, trivial, pointless, redundant and obsolete knowledge.

In this world, context, ethics, planning, analysis and wisdom is far more rare—those traits are therefore more valuable than knowledge. But they take reflection and reflection takes time. If we’re not careful, the constant tsunami of knowledge displaces the time we need to think for ourselves.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2013/10/03/knowledge-easy-ignorance-hard/

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