Ignorance is bliss

You know.. I was reading a newspaper sometime last week, and it mentioned how knowledge is not valued in our society anymore. We are not in the 17th or 18th century, where "educated" actually meant "having culture". We are not in the Greek society, when scholars were respected. No... that time is over. Who cares about what you know, as long as you can make a decent living. Schools are not there to teach you culture. They make you a machine, ready for the grand scheme of economics and capitalism. But that is not the problem... I know no period in history where the majority of the population was "educated". No, the problem is, no one cares anymore. Who fucking cares if you know history, if you have knowledge of ancient philosophers, have read books, plays, can appreciate art or anything like that? No one.

If you actually go up to someone, and talk in a somewhat fancy language (read, correct with some type of semi-vocabulary), they'll look at you strange. Of course.. there are those that have
isolated themselves on top of their ivory tower, learning many things.. but they are alone, and no one else understands them. All they can do is wave to the other people stuck up in their tower.
Which brings me to my point. Ignorance is bliss. The fuck do I want to know now. Knowing... knowing opens up your mind, making it susceptible to be hurt, broken down. I do not want to know, because what I doesn't know can't hurt me.