“Wisdom is dangerous. Love and beauty are too. Our culture has kept us away from them, and must do so to perpetuate the insanity we see all around us.” Mankind has lost its way, says Nikos Patedakis, a consulting philosopher and student of horses on a mission to nudge us back onto the path of wisdom, where all of human endeavor is of service to life. Nikos insists that “the solution to our problems is not a technological one, because … it’s a spiritual [issue].” To grow spiritually, we need to open ourselves up to learning. Today, he laments, we tend to seek fragmented knowledge, not wisdom; it’s like “we’re running around with a torch and think we have the sun in our hand.” He expounds Dangerous Wisdom, the name inspired by Buddha’s advice to handle his teachings with the same care as a venomous snake.