Who said ignorance is bliss but knowledge is power

Tradeoffs need to be made. Our capacity to understand, store and process knowledge on such a complex level is what differentiates us from the remainder of the animal kingdom.

We are born to think, to learn and to innovate. Choosing to remain ignorant goes against human nature. The only question that remains is whether or not more knowledge is better.

We all want things in life -- different things, but each of us has hopes and dreams, nonetheless. In order to get what we want, we have to act; we have to do something. In order to know which actions we should take, we must have information.

Without knowledge, we cannot make progress. Smaller goals will require less information and therefore, less time and effort. However, our largest life goals require a whole lot of experience and thus, a whole lot of time and knowledge. Attaining information itself comes at a price. We experience everything we are privy to. No information is learned singularly, but rather, along with everything else our mind is taking in at the moment of experiencing. In the course of gaining experience, we are bound to come across knowledge that destroys our ignorance.

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The Truth. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. This is true, you simply can not be upset about something you have never heard of. So what does this paradox mean? What effect does it have, and how can you use the knowledge of those effects to better yourself or others? What you can do, however, is live to learn. Seek questions to obtain answers, strive to understand what you thought you could not, and I cannot stress this enough diversify your perspectives- about religion, politics, economics, and anything that two or more people disagree about.

View all posts by Logic's Ambassador. That being said, we should always seek to know more, and to accept reality as it is: much of what happens in this world and to us is out of our control, but what we can control is our attitude; how we react to the things we learn and the things that happen to us.

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