Knowledge. 6 notes.

What a beautiful thought: seek better questions.

What a beautiful article. It captures two ideas that I often think about. First idea: The sheer extent of our ignorance. We go through life thinking we know a lot, but in reality, what we know isn’t even a drop in the cosmic ocean. Yet thinking we know more than we actually do serves an evolutionary purpose—it prevents…

Amen:

Knowledge means Ever-renewed assurance by defeat That victory is somehow still to reach; But love is victory, the prize itself. Robert Browning

Saw quote here.

Latham Turner:

The more deeply I read, the less I have to say.
It’s funny how that works.

I notice that my own thoughts, my own experiences, even my own relationships aren’t as uniquely interesting as I want them to be. I still value the life

I’ve built, but I recognize how much more it could be.
By reading deeply, I realize how much more interesting I could be.

That’s worth passing on.

I was rewatching the tv show Vikings, and this part about lost knowledge stuck a chord: King Ecbert: Tell me honestly: What do you think of these works? Athelstan: I find them indescribably beautiful. King Ecbert: But they are clearly pagan! \[laughs\] King Ecbert: You are only a monk, Athelstan, and yet, somehow, I…

Lately, I’ve been reading a bit about the great Francis Bacon, and in parallel, I’ve been working on a site where I curate letters from the public domain. While googling for letters related to Bacon, I came across one he sent to his uncle—and the line in bold gave me goosebumps: Lastly, I confess that I have as vast…