This reminds me of what I recently wrote here and is almost exactly BlackBird's sentiment: --- It's absolutely true that being dumber...or more ignorant...could result in a higher level of happiness, or being more content, or bliss. I would point out that in order to successfully be more ignorant you would have to also lack the knowledge that you don't know certain things. This is one of the things that bothers me most from day to day. I know there is so much that I don't know and I actively try to learn more about it because not having a general understanding makes me feel dumb. Because of this, it doesn't matter if I am dumb on certain subjects - the mere knowledge that I don't know is enough to intrude on my happiness.There are days when I honestly wish I had been born a little dumber.
and in true blunt form I blurted out, "You know, sometimes I wish I were just really dumb".
She was slightly miffed as to why I'd say such a thing, and I explained it wasn't just an elitist whinge, and that dumb was not the right word to use, but what I meant was: sometimes I wished I wasn't aware and educated on the impact of bigger/global issues
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>the mere knowledge that I don't know is enough to intrude on my happiness. This. I'll be having a conversation with a friend, nothing deep or profound, but a point of contention will come up about something that I know could be solved with a quick google search. So I'll pull out my phone and look it up, maybe not right at the time, but I will look it up because not knowing is of itself painful. I'm learning that this is considered strange. People don't want to know how the world works, or what's going on it.