A BIT DODGY | №38

Smart Is Not Always Wise

The case for humility and experience in the pursuit of wisdom

David Todd McCarty
Published in
5 min readJan 13, 2024

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Photo by Jorg Karg on Unsplash

You know you’re in interesting times when the powerful attack the intellectuals. Interesting times are what wise people used to curse each other with. May you live in interesting times, is akin to praying that someone’s tent be cursed with the fleas of a thousand…

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A cranky romantic searching for hope and humor. I tell stories. Most of them are true. I’m not at all interested in your outrage, but I do feel your pain.