Our Loss Of Wisdom Summary

Barry Schwartz’s, “Our Loss of Wisdom” wants us to understand that the nature of the universe is in a constant change because new things are being discovered and enables people to improve. He addresses that the world changes and that everything is in a constant change no matter how modest it is. In Schwartz’s, “Our Loss of Wisdom,” he mentions, “real-world problems are often ambiguous and ill-defined and the context is always [at change].” From this, I understood that the universe has more than one interpretation of things and its context change. As the universe changes, so does everything else.

Additionally, Schwartz states that the universe is in constant change because new inventions are being made that suit the time frame at which humans are in. In Schwartz’s “Our Loss of Wisdom,” he states that the universe “[invents] combinations that are appropriate for the situation and the people at hand.” I understood that inventions happen as the universe changes. The changes in the universe happen in accordance with the world’s evolution which allows humans to improve.

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In “Our Loss of Wisdom,” he says, “because they’re happy to [do] something that’s the right thing to do.” I understood that, although the rules are sometimes necessary to follow, it is also good not to have lots of them because it prevents humans to use their moral skill. Moral skills are important in a human’s life because they help the person decide on what right and wrong based on what they were taught by their parents or from other people that they grew around with. In order for humans to be happy, they need to have less rules, that way they are able to use their moral skills and give the privilege to decide what’s right or