Homo Sapiens

 

What is the meaning of the word "Sapiens"? According to Wikipedia sapiens is a Latin word meaning wise. 

Dictionary.com says wisdom is "the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight."

Eleanor Roosevelt wrote "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Aristotle said. "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

Chess is a game of strategy played by clever people and TV dramas are about fast moving plots. Broadcast news casts are a collection of headlines that a radio producer decides is the most important news.

The news is impressed with celebrity, the very rich and famous, and the Royal Family — but the wisdom of celebrity is not often worth broadcasting. Headlines need drama of the "gotcha" variety. Knocking Humpty Dumpty off the wall. It competes for viewers and listeners.

Explorations of what makes us wise is little use in neoliberal economies. If fact business is built on shallow consumerism. The more gullible we are, the more we need symbols of success, the better for those who hold some power over us.

Everyone knows that wisdom is what we need to survive. Wisdom is how our species became homo sapiens because we learned how to care for those we depend on. This reminder in the Houses of Parliament or Board Meetings will be dismissed.

Our economy can live without us for a short while if we should die off from boredom, disease or hunger.