THE AFTERWORD | The Wise Life - Week 1

Bad, violent and anti-social behavior is on an alarming trend upward in the US. Everything from FAA investigations into unruly passenger behavior, car accidents caused by aggressive driving, to violence against nurses in hospitals. Jay and David sit down to talk about the reasons for our "unwise" culture and examine a theory set forth by Brett McCracken in his book "The Wisdom Pyramid" that we're becoming unwise and unstable as a culture because our "diet" is unwise. Like the food pyramid of old that outlines healthy nutrition (6-8 servings of vegetables, people!) and cautions against unhealthy food choices - Jay and David examine McCracken's book to find the "wise" sources we ought be consuming, and what the modern equivalence to eating only M&Ms and oreos is.

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