The Tragedy of Knowledge

At the very age that we start to think at a slightly higher level, we are thrown into a knowledge rat-race. We race to learn the most vocabulary words and quickly solve the mathematical problems. We are unquestionably questioned by tests that supposedly test our knowledge. So, knowledge is no longer just understanding. It turns into brain acrobatics needed for survival. We have wrung the joy out of knowledge and put it into numbers on an examination score - the tragedy! Those numbers serve as the dangling carrot - a reward - for the rat-race.

What remains of knowledge from that whole process is just instinct, which we had to begin with. But knowledge is much more vast than what can be gained from the above process. It is easy to get lost in knowledge - the tragedy! Google or look up one word and it leads to more words that are unknown. The mystery never ends.

The lesson to be learned before diving into knowledge is:

control your knowledge and do not let it control you - the tragedy! Have a healthy mental diet. Control what information you feed your mind. Know when to the end the mystery. Know when to end the rat-race. Know when to stop exploring before the “fuel” is out.