Knowledge, LTD.
Knowledge is power. Yet it can also limit our choices. There are
things that can be difficult to unlearn - moments of experience that raise our
standards and expectations.
A good bowl of gumbo
will ruin that once enjoyable box mix.
A little knowledge of electricity and physics can ruin a poorly researched, but
otherwise well written story. Something as simple as the author writing
'current' when he or she is actually referring to 'voltage' can be brutally
annoying.
A friendship (or any relationship) that is fulfilling beyond anything we've
previously experience quells the desire to maintain those of the half-ass
variety.
A well written and performed song makes that piece of pop-fluff we listened to
yesterday laughable.
Knowledge forces a decision. Do we ignore the knowledge and try to continue with our previous standards? Do we throw out the old, thereby limiting our selection? Is it possible to straddle the two?
