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I find that to be fascinating. There is a great divide (that seems to widen over time) between a large segment of the population that is completely in the dark about so much that has gone on in the past, and is currently happening, and others that strive to keep informed.

And many of the "in the dark" crowd are highly educated and successful people engaged in various endeavors. (My point being is that it isn't just very ignorant or low intelligence people that remain in the dark.)

To some extent I have come to believe that a lot of it comes from lifestyle choices. For many in a prosperous society like ours, they choose to apportion their time in a way that simply doesn't include a lot of reading and research.

Many of those people that I know believe that 30 or 60 minutes of network news each evening, or glancing through the headlines of a well known newspaper each day, is about all that is required of someone that wants to "stay informed" and live a "balanced" lifestyle.

Just a few thoughts based on your post, personally I find it fascinating to observe.

I’ll clarify on thing in your statement. Ignoarnce is a lack of knowledge. So if you remove that then everything you state is true. By definition Ignorant people would be unaware. You could add that “So many people are ignorant of the things that do not impact their day-to-day life.

I agree there are a large number of “intelligent people” who are ignorant of the past, current events, etc.

Well put.

There are many folks who are quite bright but don't want their material world invaded by the strange things they might find out if they became curious.

Conventional people are like that...they find the status quo comforting even if it masks a lie.

Beneath the surface, things are frightening...and it takes courage to face them.

Such courage can only come from faith.

Yes you are correct. I remember a history teacher saying that reading a lot and knowing the bias of the author was important.

I know at one time I read a lot of WSJ, News Week, US News and World report. Used to watch all the Sunday News shows.

The real stuff is in books not generally read by the masses and white papers etc. that no one I know ever has heard of.

I talked to a local reporter, and she thought she was well informed because she read the WSJ, and the NYtimes - both sides of a question so to speak, to get a balanced view. She also thought the A/P was the least biased.

Those are the types that won’t accept being told-you have to ask a question that raises their interest and gets them to thinking and researching.