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The paper investigates both the causes and effects of the rapid increase in the data volume(BigData)andtheirimpactonhumancognition.TheroleoftheInternetindistributing and exchanging of such data, and their impact on the growth of the Information Society are emphasized. As a result, Wisdom Science – a new kind of research – emerges which has the potential to facilitate more advanced solutions in the digital world. In consequence, new kinds of info-driven devices, services and systems called “smart” are developed and applied in almost every aspect of human activities around the world. However, this is not enough for humans to use all those well-informed smart devices and systems because, first of all, their decisions should bewise.Therefore,thepaper,comingfromacognitiveinformaticsapproachdefineswisdomand its applications, illustrated by some practical cases. Based on this, relations between knowledge andwisdomareshown,andhumanabilitiescorrespondingtothemaredefined.Theycandecide about a transformation of a knowledge society to a wisdom society.

Authors

• prof. dr hab. inż. Henryk Krawczyk link open in new tab ,
• Andrzej Targowski