Category: wisdom

Age brings the opportunity for wisdom but doesn’t automatically bring wisdom. Henry Alford, a pundit and humorist who writes for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, set out seek the wisdom of older people-as he puts it “while they are still on this earth.” The result was his newest book, How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People. Today he shares the insight, wit and wisdom from his quest.