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Every day, way more knowledge is created than we could possibly consume. Therefore, if we define ignorance as the ratio of our knowledge over all knowledge, we can mathematically prove that we become more ignorant by the day, no matter what we do. I’ll let that sink in for a bit.

Benjamin Boorowski 👻

@typeoneerror.com

Ultimately nothing is knowable, and embracing intellectual humility/curiosity is incredibly freeing, rather than despairing ignorance. Donella Meadows said my favorite phrase about the subject; that true mastery entails "throwing ourselves into the humility of not-knowing" and is like a dance.

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