A tradition is a practice, custom, or story that is memorizedand passed down from generation to generation, originallywithout the need for a writing system. Tools to aid this more...
process include poetic devices such as rhyme and alliteration.The stories thus preserved are also referred to as tradition,or as part of an oral tradition.Tradition is a knowledgesystem (a means of transferring knowledge). EconomistsFriedrich Hayek and Thomas Sowell explain that tradition is aneconomically efficient way to transfer and obtain knowledge ofall kinds. Sowell, for example, notes that decision-makingconsumes time (a valuable resource), and cultural traditionsoffer a rich, low-cost, consensually authenticated way toeconomize on the resources required to make decisionsindependently Chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi arguesthat the importance of tradition stems precisely from the factthat we know more than we can articulate, and that we amassand communicate valuable knowledge through tradition, oftenwithout conscious awareness of all the factors that influenced the development of traditions close
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