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Have you ever wished to be ignorant? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I use ProtonMail, and I was thinking, "Damn, it's spectacular not being tracked... but hold on a minute. Perhaps less than gmail, but still at all. And what about browser fingerprinting, and cookies, and even fonts!" I ended up in that feedback loop we all end up in. Perhaps ignorance is bliss? What is something you (might) wish you were ignorant of?

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[–] Ragnor@feddit.dk 5 points 3 days ago

I've been searching for knowledge my entire life, and I love sharing what I have learned. Helping others with whatever struggles they may have gives me more pleasure than doing the same thing for myself. I don't care if it is helping fix computers, doing math, physics or chemistry homework, helping replace a chip on a broken electronics component, or basically whatever you may think of. I've been around the block once or twice - I spent basically all my free time over the past 25 years nerding over anything and everything.

I would hate to be ignorant and lose the capability of helping others or myself.