Is ignorance actually bliss, and the age of information the plague? How far have we actually come?

In our society of an abundance of information, we are increasingly faced with a plethora of problems which we are unable to understand – much less solve.

Wouldn’t you rather be someone who could look up at the sky and not think about how the disappearing ozone is going to affect us?

Wouldn’t you prefer to not wonder when it is all going to end?

Would it not be simpler to just abide by the congregation, and carry on with a trivial existence?

When I think about the age of information, and all our staple points of conflict, all seem to ripen from the same roots. Pre-information, humans justified their existence by having faith in religion to explain their beginnings. Now, even with all the information we have access to – our wars are still based on principles which haven’t changed much since the Dark Ages.

Is this a sure sign that the age of information really has made relatively little or no progress in our quest for the Truth? We have been asking the same questions since we have been literate – and now, even with scientific explanations and theories, many are still pondering the impossible (or possible) ?

Are we all seeking our own personal fairy-tale?

So tell me, what does this age of information mean to you? The events and unrest in the world surely prove that we have not come far. How long are we going to be chasing our tails in this vicious circle? How long will we continue to molest the Earth’s resources, and plague it with wars based on which vivaciously scripted account of what it’s like ‘upstairs’ is the true Word?

Taking all this into account – do you think ignorance really is bliss, and our quest for information the plague?