Learned knowledge is an attempt to overcome the future with the past.
From the classroom, the text book or the literature or paper – we pop out standing tall, and bring an arsenal of facts, figures and beliefs that equip us to tackle the problems of today.
This posture feels powerful. Maybe we got an award for our learning capability.
(In fact, in a way, it is powerful – as power can really only be measured in the past.)
However, nature is not fixed. The systems keep changing – maybe it’s our own body, the environment, the oceans, our relationships or the culture.
This can leave us frozen and stuck.
This makes learned knowledge* not irrelevant, but something we can bolster with curiosity.
As we bring curiosity, we take the knowledge of the past and open it up to the possibilities of the future.
Now, like nature, we are not fixed.
*Experiential knowledge may be more powerful, however still aligns with curiosity, as it turns out our recollection of experiences themselves isn’t even fixed!
