I don't wish to be a pessimist or a doomer, but I am a realist. The power of a fond but false idea is always underestimated. But I am an optimist in thinking that the even greater power of reality can dispel an entire world of falsehoods. The person undergoing the change is bewildered, terrified, and abject...but they survive. Otherwise, there would be no one to survive any natural disaster. We underestimate our own resilience in the face of catastrophe.
I would say, at the precipice, people still don't WISH to be educated, but when faced with change or die, most will pick change.
It appears you're correct. Hard to understand this willful ignorance. We're gonna need a steep precipice it seems!
I don't wish to be a pessimist or a doomer, but I am a realist. The power of a fond but false idea is always underestimated. But I am an optimist in thinking that the even greater power of reality can dispel an entire world of falsehoods. The person undergoing the change is bewildered, terrified, and abject...but they survive. Otherwise, there would be no one to survive any natural disaster. We underestimate our own resilience in the face of catastrophe.