Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

We see this truth playing out today on a massive scale. Larger and larger data centers are being built worldwide to harvest vast amounts of data, all in service of artificial intelligence. The goal? To gain ever more knowledge and make discoveries that promise to ease life and make it better.

When I asked one AI about this very passage, it gave a striking response: Data ≠ Knowledge.

I was surprised—and impressed—by that honesty. It prompted me to extend the thought: Data ≠ Knowledge ≠ Truth.

No matter how much we accumulate, we will wear ourselves out chasing understanding and satisfaction on our terms. The eye never has enough of seeing, the ear never enough of hearing—yet fulfillment slips away.

We’ve spent days exploring just a small portion of Ecclesiastes, and the message is clear. It’s time to move on.

If you truly want the truth about any matter, seek Him who is Truth—He who will never lie or deceive you.

Be ready, though. The bible is silent on many subjects.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

Much of what is said in Ecclesiastes is obvious. What he observed then was limited. His view of the world was limited. Now we have satellites in space exploring every inch of our planet.

As long as man has been an explorer there will always be places we have not gone and life forces that are still mysterious to us. We don’t know what we don’t know.

Isaiah 6:9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

Observation is merely perception from a personal advantage point.

Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

If we want to see things His way, then we need to seek Him and ask.

Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

Matthew 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

God might answer “That is on a need to know basis and you don’t need to know.”