We always feel that learning and acquiring knowledge is good.
But that’s clearly not the case.
The knowledge about our mortality terrifies us, the knowledge that there are prettier, stronger or more successful people makes us feel small.
But that’s clearly not the case.
The knowledge about our mortality terrifies us, the knowledge that there are prettier, stronger or more successful people makes us feel small.
In some contexts, unknowledge is preferable to knowledge.
Ignorance is bliss because not knowing something keeps our universe small.
It’s much easier to feel significant and useful in a small universe than a large one.
Keep your universe small whenever you can!
It’s much easier to feel significant and useful in a small universe than a large one.
Keep your universe small whenever you can!
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