Is knowledge all powerful?

Sometimes I''ll listen to BBC Radio 4 in the morning; I catch up on the news and comment for the day. This morning on their "Thought for the day" slot a churchman (I didn't catch his name) was reflecting on the march of broadband technology and how we all seem to be excited by what it offers and unsettled by never quite knowing where it will lead us.

The topic broadened out to reflect on the way that we try and 'scoop' up knowledge from the internet, it truly is the university of the modern age. But knowledge alone does not always lead to wisdom or even a good outcome, what is sometimes missing is understanding.

The application of knowledge without understanding leads to that feeling of being unsettled. That seems to chime a chord with me. Knowledge and understanding together, now that is a rare combination.

So as you click from link to link on the web, you may find it more fulfilling to reflect on both the knowledge and the understanding of what you find.