The dream of the right life and how to realize it. Wisdom cannot be learned like a foreign language, it cannot be forced, and it cannot be awarded like a prize. Yet, there are ways to face fate with calmness, mindfulness, and humor. Science journalist and GEO editor Hanne Tügel set out to explore the diverse ideas and teachings of the high ideal of wisdom and to examine their practicality in everyday life. Whether it’s Buddhism, philosophy, or the Dreamtime of the Aborigines, she curiously investigates the various concepts that people have hoped for insight from for thousands of years and looks at how they bring us closer to the dream of the right life. Along the way, she encounters neuroscientists, café philosophers, musicians, poets, and wisdom researchers - an exciting journey that inspires us.