As a starting point, a few years ago in a conference, I posed the
following idea (which later found its way into a book by one of the
participants):
Data in context = Information
Information in context = Knowledge
Knowledge in context = Wisdom
What I was trying to get at was that, applying Bateson levels of learning,
a thing is made meaningful by understanding the context in which it
resides. If you are willing to go along with this premise, what does this
suggest about what compassion is?
-- Marilyn Darling
From: mdarling@warren.med.harvard.edu