Why is reality described as hard? The truth is usually more difficult to swallow than our fantasies and wishes yet to be realised.
We like to point fingers at others for their timidity to acknowledge the facts and do nothing to solve problems. But these bodies are in fact microcosm of individuals who are in denial. Afraid to know if we have any chronic disease, we tend to postpone or skip medical tests. How else can we treat an ailment and arrest a problem before it worsens if we do not find out early. Many individuals are afraid to find out the harsh realities but have no qualms about making allegations based on guess work. Why?
The massive explosion of information on print media and cyberspace can be mindboggling. As humans, we scan, screen, sieve out information that suit our preferences and agree with our thinking. Thus, the tendency is to reinforce mindsets and attitudes and not learn anything new and useful.
No doubt there is a lot of rubbish and noises that we must discard and focus on the useful, much of the informative resources have either been neglected because they are on the priority list of search engines or deliberately ignored because it disagrees with one's prejudgement. This has happened to readers who have a strong command of language to comprehend what they see. This spans over all age groups and nationalities though some tend to be more stubborn than others. It is precisely because of the mindset of defining things in terms of black and white with no grey areas which make many people susceptible to misinformation by politicians and the media.
It is ironic that some of us who live in the free world are willing to surrender the right to access to knowledge and conveniently believe what is presented because they just don't want to know the complex harsh realities. A self imposed information black out does not bode well for our future.
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