The Wisdom Pyramid
Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
We're facing an information overload.
With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information—sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the latest Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier—but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult.
In an effort to help us consume a more balanced, healthy diet of information, Brett McCracken has created the "Wisdom Pyramid." Inspired by the food pyramid model, the Wisdom Pyramid challenges us to increase our intake of enduring, trustworthy sources (like the Bible) while moderating our consumption of less reliable sources (like the Internet and social media). At a time when so much of our daily media diet is toxic and making us spiritually sick, The Wisdom Pyramid suggests that we become healthy and wise when we reorient our lives around God—the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom.
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McCracken (Uncomfortable), senior editor at the Gospel Coalition, constructs a hierarchy of information sources for Christians in this rudimentary guide. The six sources of wisdom he identifies are the Bible, the church, nature, books, beauty, and in the position given to fats and sweets in the food pyramid the internet. McCracken notes that the contemporary phenomenon of information overload can lead to three problems: consuming too much, consuming too fast, and consuming only what's pleasing. Together, he argues, these failings can paralyze through an excess of choices, weaken one's ability to reflect and draw connections, and encourage an isolating self-absorption and disconnection with the world. Many of McCracken's recommendations are for increased physical engagement (such as reading a hard copy of the bible, becoming active at one's local church, or working to heal the "pollution of God's natural creation"). The church is vital, he notes, because it's a place to come together in real life and remind members they are "embodied people" as opposed to "just brains on sticks." Nature, meanwhile, reminds humans of their position as part of God's physical creation, and beauty engages the senses. Despite a few references to Covid-19, though, the lack of engagement with the challenges of coming together physically in a time of social distancing is glaring. Nevertheless, Christians struggling with media overload will find help in this simple rubric.
