Ep. 340 — Smart People without Wisdom Are Fools

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

4.8 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The world does not lack brains. There are many smart people, but few are wise. College professors are often bright, well-read, and full of knowledge, yet most are fools, and they do a lot of damage. Wisdom is everything—we need it now more than ever, but how do we get it?

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0:00.0	Hi everybody welcome to fireside chat number 340 I love the ones that end in zero they're milestones
0:07.4	I want to remind you that the fireside chat is really made possible thanks to the people in Prager United because they're
0:16.5	joining Prager United makes this possible and keeps it free as everything is at Prager You.
0:24.4	Please join at Prager United.com.
0:27.8	There are a whole host of benefits by the way in joining
0:31.3	and the biggest one is making this possible.
0:35.0	Great to be with you.
0:36.2	I have just returned from South Africa.
0:40.0	I was the guest speaker at a Passover retreat. It was almost all Jews from South Africa and Australia.
0:52.3	And they brought my entire family, sons, daughters and law, grandchildren,
0:59.7	stepchildren, I mean it was really something to behold.
1:05.0	It was a wonderful time.
1:07.4	It was my third or fourth time in South Africa.
1:11.3	I've been to 20 African countries. I admit entirely I'm bragging. The only
1:18.0	thing I ever brag about is how many countries I have visited. In high school I decided I wanted to see every
1:24.6	country in the world before I died and I in fact from the age of 18 till now I have gone abroad every single year of my life
1:41.2	except one where was not possible the the year of COVID.
1:46.6	2020 I couldn't or is it 2021? See no would have been 2021 I couldn't write but 2022 even then I did I I did go abroad
1:57.6	it is hard for me to overstate of the value of travel.
2:04.0	Even if it's not in your bones, you should do it.
2:09.0	Because a lot of things are not in our bones,
2:12.0	and we have to do. I mean in other words just because you don't
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