Ignorance is Bliss?

"I am not young enough to know everything."- Oscar Wilde

This image came up when I searched for "ignorant children", which is what I first thought of upon reading this quote. As children, we are not fully aware of societal rules, and even when we are, we don't conform to them. Whenever someone tells a child what to do or say, they begin to oppose doing just that and can end up doing the opposite. Society's rules really don't affect children, so could their ignorance be bliss compared to teenagers and adults that are plagued by these same guidelines? When I was younger, I thought I knew everything and if someone told me I was wrong about something, anything, I would refuse to believe them. Children are naturally curious and are always thinking, but unlike older people, their minds have no limits. We are limited to a very certain way of thinking and are expected to be "realistic". It is in this way that children are free in areas adults are not.




As for the podcast, nothing that was said in it was foreign to me. While I don't consciously think about the rules of Instagram every time I post, there are these unspoken. guidelines which I attempt to adhere to. Even though it's a social media platform for expression and everyone should be able to post what they want, when they want, I definitely notice when someone breaks the law of Instagram. This podcast put these rules we abide by front and center, forcing us to look at them and realize we aren't the ones in control of our feed, and that we've been listening to society all along.