eprintid: 1404015 rev_number: 38 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/40/40/15 datestamp: 2013-09-12 14:09:12 lastmod: 2020-02-12 18:08:22 status_changed: 2013-09-12 14:09:12 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Maxwell, N title: The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution: From Knowledge to Wisdom ispublished: unpub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F58 keywords: Wisdom, Knowledge, Academic revolution, Climate change, Population growth, World poverty, Habitat destruction, Extinction of species, War abstract: There is an urgent need to bring about a revolution in academic inquiry so that the basic aim becomes to seek and promote wisdom, and not just acquire knowledge - wisdom being the capacity and active endeavour to realize what is of value in life for oneself and others, wisdom thus including knowledge and technological know-how, and much else besides. date: 2013-06-02 official_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dak-tDMSBUY vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 899917 medium: Lecture lyricists_name: Maxwell, Nicholas lyricists_id: ANMAX22 full_text_status: public pres_type: lecture event_title: TEDx UCL event_location: University College London (UCL) event_dates: 2013-06-02 - 2013-06-02 citation: Maxwell, N; (2013) The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution: From Knowledge to Wisdom. [Lecture]. Presented at: TEDx UCL, University College London (UCL). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1404015/1/TEDxUCL_Talk_2013__Maxwell.pdf