the worship of knowledge and the lack of wisdom

I don't want to be another person ranting and raving about how this generation's culture is so screwed up, but this is a crazy century; knowledge is something that is everywhere with the Internet and television, so people are learning many things very quickly. It is also interesting that the amount of technical information we have is doubling every two year. It would be a tough argument to say that we are not a smart generation yet I would venture to say that we are definitely not a wise generation of people. Wisdom trumps all knowledge. People don't really care to listen to someone who is smart and knows a lot of facts. But what if we were a culture who was seeking wisdom instead of knowledge, what would that mean?

I have come to realize that, in my own life, I need to be seeking after wisdom. I think that this is a scriptural truth that is so often overlooked. I mean there is a whole book of the bible about wisdom. I love knowledge, its a glorious thing, I love how the Internet makes all sorts of education so accessible. But I also think we can end up going back to the garden of Eden where Adam and Eve had a desire to know what they were never meant to know and it got them kicked out of the garden of Eden and is the cause of of the evil and brokenness we see in the world today. I think we tend to laugh at or ignore wisdom and worship knowledge. I want to find a way to put the brakes on my desire to know and embrace a longing to be wise.