“A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.”

-Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

Can knowledge ever be a bad thing? I’d argue no. Knowledge is neither inherently good nor evil. It is the use to which it is put that determines its morality.

What is unquestionably wrong, however, is restricting one’s ability to obtain knowledge. Therein lies a path to evil, for once acquisition of knowledge is restricted, inequity is sure to follow. It is a lack of knowledge—be it through laws, willful blindness, or simple ignorance—that is to blame for much of the world’s problems.

If we each could just ask a few more questions and read a few more books, how much better off would we all be?

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