# The beauty of what we'll never know

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSummit
- Speaker: Pico Iyer
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_the_beauty_of_what_we_ll_never_know)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Almost 30 years ago, Pico Iyer took a trip to Japan, fell in love with the country and moved there. A keen observer of the human spirit, Iyer professes that he now feels he knows far less about Japan -- or, indeed, about anything -- than he thought he knew three decades ago. In this lyrical meditation on wisdom, Iyer expands on this curious insight about knowledge gained with age: that the more we know, the more we see how little we know.

## Lectures

1. [The beauty of what we'll never know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/pico_iyer_the_beauty_of_what_we_ll_never_know/64880c0962a6), 10 min (TED's player)