Aldous Huxley an English philosopher once said-
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
In isolation, experience and knowledge are useless. It’s the symbiotic relationship between these two that makes them valuable. Knowledge which doesn’t inspire action has a shelf life of a banana, i.e., it doesn’t last long. When actions don’t refine back the knowledge that initiated them, it’s like throwing darts in the dark.
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