Becoming Wise

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: June 10, 2016. We usually get wiser with age, but that doesn't mean we have to grow up to wise up. This hour, TED speakers explore what it means to find wisdom at every stage of life. Guests include journalist Joshua Prager, writer Adora Svitak, conservationist Boyd Varty, advocate Tony Porter, and psychiatrist Robert Waldinger.

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0:46.1	At what age do we actually become wise?
0:51.7	You can probably pinpoint a certain time in your life when you learn to lesson or went
0:55.7	through a right of passage, but what if you found out that wisdom can come at any stage
1:00.6	in life?
1:01.6	On this episode, we explore those moments that make us wise from childhood through middle
1:06.4	age and into our final years.
1:08.6	Today's show is called Becoming Wise and It Original Eared in June of 2016.
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