Business value in the path not taken

Siddhartha’s ancient skills—think, wait, fast—challenge modern assumptions about knowledge, success, and intelligence in the AI age.

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“I can think. I can wait. I can fast,” says Siddhartha when asked about the skills he possesses. Are these abilities - taken from a setting 2,500 years ago - useful in a business age of high tech artificial intelligence?

Why do endless AI prompts, knowledge and frameworks freely available, not really make one smarter, cleverer? Is there a difference between knowing and wisdom? Does the quality of your thoughts about business make any difference? To be on the forward cutting edge, does it make sense to look back?

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