just wait and see

I’m not sure if it is just where I live or whether westernised society generally has people like this, but, there are people who have pride in their ignorance.

I am talking specifically those who brag about how little they read.

My Dad does it, he managed to read a book the other week and it was the first since forever (In his words). But he didn’t say it like he was ashamed , it was more a “that’s how I roll” attitude. Similarly there was an article in the newspaper where a 92-year-old read his first book ever (Note: quality of local news).

I just seems like a lot of people think reading is bad. Wrong. Reading is the way you communicate with the few people in this world who know what they are talking about.

I feel this attitude is related to the first enemy of becoming a man of knowledge, that is people (Before taking the path towards enlightenment) have a fear of becoming wise.

It is a subconscious fear that can’t be directly seen (You can’t ask someone if they are scared of being knowledgeable) but this attitude towards books, a source of knowledge, seems to the effect of the fear of learning.

It just grinds my gears that people can be so self-destructive.