A climate disaster must be averted at all costs. Not so a financial meltdown

T.S. Eliot once asked: “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” Where indeed? We seem to have a severe information overload nowadays while knowledge scrambles to keep up and wisdom is left far behind.This was clear during the recent spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank where spoken and printed words flowed in great profusion, keeping a global (but virtual) audience busy downloading briefs, webinars and…

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