Does anyone else feel like the more they learn about fucked up history and current events the more we have to worry about? The older I get, and as I learn about history, the more things I have to think about that keep me up at night. Maybe ignorance is bliss after all?
It is bliss, and I almost wish I was ignorant enough not to care. But I’m glad I’m not so I can help enact change. Well at least try to…
Edit: overall the world would be a much better place if people were less ignorant. I’m just so tired of feeling helpless.
Nah, fuck this tbh.
Ignorance is bliss, but it also means you’re not seeing the world clearly
Which is probably fine if you only care about yourself, but it means you’re going to have warped views. Views that will hurt other people
But I’m so tired of caring for other people. I just want like a month where everything is fine and okay and nobody is being hurt and I can just breathe without feeling bad about being selfish. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? just a little bit of world peace. Just for me :'(
Edit: asking as someone who lives on the verge of burnout because I do way too much community organizing and volunteering.
Ignorance of the ignorable is bliss. Ignorance of the intrusive adds terror to injury. It’s an amplifier. In other words, if it doesn’t affect you personally, being able to ignore it makes it not part if your reality and unable to cause suffering. If it does affect you personally, you not only experience the problem but the terror of not understanding the problem.
I’m gonna remember this
“ignorance of the ignorable is bliss”
Very well put.
It almost feels like I am being aged by knowledge and experience more than I am by biological decay.
Im more worried about the present and the future. What concerns me is when we are not trying to get better or even glorify worse.
No. In fact the world would be a better place if more people actually knew what was going on and then maybe feel inclined to do something about it. Knowledge is power and right now, in a lot of places, knowledge is being suppressed as ignorant masses are easier to control and manipulate.
No.
Ignorance absolutely is bliss. However, it also comes with some downsides.
One being easily abused, especially en masse.
How has your lack of ignorance prevented any.of that?
It’s a network effect, you need collective understanding for things like unions to exist
You might enjoy the song “To Know the Unknown” by Innosense.
1930s German Citizen ass response
Also it just feels antithetical to (my?) idea of showerthoughts to just be like, Shall I ponder this nebulous and complex issue? Naaah
The first fascist you have to defeat is the little one in your hand maaaan
Ignorance is bliss because the cause of all suffering is desire.
It doesn’t mean there is no harm in ignorance, but I think it’s important people don’t just panic wildly. That’s just as useless as being ignorant but it feels worse.
instead of fretting about the things you can’t change, care about the things you can. help your neighbor, cook your own food, by local, don’t use ai, switch to Linux, don’t be racist or homophob.
would go a long way if people would do that instead of whining about what’s happening on the world stage
Ignorance is ignorance.
I don’t know that that’s true
Shove that blue crayon up my nose!
Extended warranty? How can I lose!
Literally just finished watching that episode🤣
Hmm, never imagined myself being against that claim.
Some people say ignorance is bliss, I would say it isn’t. For example, by learning engineering it made me loose my jewish faith… and I’m not complaining against it.
what’s worse then knowing everything, being manipulated. for the first 18 years of my life, I’ve been manipulated to believe in something I never understood why. it was my hell.
So yea I’ll take learning analysis, probability, ODEs, fourier series/transforms, any motherfucking day over being manipulated.
For example, by learning engineering it made me loose my jewish faith…
The Conservatives are right to worry about University. I mean faith leaders expect to loose biology majors, but when engineers are getting de-converted you’ve got a serious problem.
