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title: "Reply to: The Wisdom Paradox - Sketchplanations"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2026/08/reply-to-the-wisdom-paradox-sketchplanations/
last_updated: 2026-08-07
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> Wisdom is a strange thing.
>
> The Wisdom Paradox is this: when we realise we are less wise than we thought,
> we become wiser.
>
> [...]
>
> Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
>
> The naivety of youth is a lovely thing. As a teenager, you can be sure that
> the grown-ups are doing it all wrong, and the path to better is obvious. Then,
> as an adult, it somehow seems more difficult than before.


Some 20 years ago I became familiar with this principle, and it's beautiful.

There's no greater feeling of satisfaction than learning and overcoming your own
ignorance.