Ignorance
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Despite ample historical evidence of peaceful inter-communal relations, many people – whether through simple
ignorance
of history or the need to assert the supremacy of one version of the truth – prefer to consecrate narratives of treachery and betrayal that perpetuate hatred.
Yet neither learning nor leadership apparently is enough to discourage flagrant pandering to
ignorance.
After 15 years of performances like this one, I am used to Putin’s Orwellian doublespeak – war is peace,
ignorance
is strength, etc.
Trump has built his campaign on
ignorance
dressed up as strength.
This feeling of
ignorance
coupled with powerlessness is not entirely the European Parliament’s fault.
The main force holding Russia back is, to put it bluntly,
ignorance.
And, given monarchs’s typical lack of any substantial governmental expertise, attempting to reason with them would only expose their ignorance, aggravate their insecurity, and often lead to a courtier’s fall.
Throughout the trial, Bo flatly denied most of the corruption charges, often professed
ignorance
of the facts, and claimed to be unable to recall any details of the matters in question.
Moreover, there is the general matter of Trump’s ignorance, lack of foreign-policy experience, and the many unfilled posts in the US State Department.
But, for those escaping Syria’s civil war,
ignorance
of their plight is overshadowed only by the reality of their needs – and the diversity of their expertise.
This may have been a strategic consideration, or simply a decision made in
ignorance.
Taiwan’s missed opportunity reflects its government’s sheer incompetence, arrogance, and
ignorance.
Europe’s largest and most disadvantaged ethnic minority, with a population equal to that of Greece, millions of Roma are trapped in extreme poverty and ignorance, compounded by widespread discrimination.
That suggests willful
ignorance
of the negotiating process.
This absence of perspective reveals the cultural
ignorance
that has turned recent US foreign interventions into political catastrophes.
That this outcome is possible – despite protestations to the contrary by all involved – reflects the willful
ignorance
and lack of imagination of Europe’s heads of state and government.
In other words, such a world needed either the reality or the illusion that finance could, as John Maynard Keynes put it, “defeat the dark forces of time and
ignorance
which envelop our future.”
In any civilized society,
ignorance
is not illegal and being moralistic is anybody’s inherent privilege.
As Moses Abramovitz aptly noted in 1956, this residual is not much more than “a measure of our ignorance.”
So, while agreeing that technology underpins the wealth of nations sounds more meaningful than confessing our ignorance, it really is not.
And it is our
ignorance
that we need to address.
When faced with such major social problems, a preference for
ignorance
over knowledge is difficult to defend.
Not only is the public almost entirely ignorant of the EU’s policy agenda for boosting competitiveness, economic growth, and employment, but this
ignorance
extends to many intellectuals, academics, CEO’s, and even some MP’s.
Aside from
ignorance
of the Lisbon Strategy among the public and inaction on long-term reforms among the member states, a second problem concerns the lack of acceptance of the virtues of competition – the most effective way to ensure quality, innovation, and low prices for consumers.
Arguably, our knowledge of the factors that led to the July 2005 bombings in London, for example, is still far less impressive than our
ignorance.
Ignorance
TodayNEW YORK –
Ignorance
is the root of all evil, according to Plato, who also famously gave us a still-current definition of its opposite: knowledge.
That definition is worthy of consideration as we reflect on the perils of
ignorance
in the twenty-first century.
Which brings me to the paradox of
ignorance
in our era: on the one hand, we are constantly bombarded by expert opinion, by all sorts of people – with or without Ph.D. after their name – who tell us exactly what to think (though rarely why we should think it).
Europeans can no longer look down upon Asians with a “Western” combination of arrogance and ignorance, perceiving themselves as the unique carriers of a universal message.
Of course, this ideal was a double-edged sword: their ostensible fragility – and their assigned role as icons of sexual purity and
ignorance
– was used to exclude women from influencing outcomes that affected their own destinies.
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