Postcolonial Speculative Fiction

Willful Ignorance

This is such an interesting way to look at "Poison." To think about it on a broader scale and compare it to the lack of action with climate change is something that had never occurred to me, but now I'm almost sure that was the author's objective. I think that another example of modern "willful ignorance" is people who choose to stay out of politics because they think that their voice doesn't matter or that things will "figure themselves out." Are there any other connections to willful ignorance that you made note of in your commonplace journal? I think that this is a very interesting topic!

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  1. Mary, one of the most interesting things about this topic is that almost every single person is poisoned by willful ignorance in some way. You example about politics applies to me entirely. I don't understand politics and I have made a decision not to try to understand. I assume that there are enough educated people out there to partake in politics that I will not be missed. Obviously this is not true, this is just how I rationalize my own ignorance to myself. As I stated in a comment to someone else, holding yourself accountable for your own ignorance is the first step in addressing the problem. If everyone in the world could recognize their own ignorance and overcome it, we could fix everything wrong with the world. I'm afraid, however, that is far-fetched and wishful thinking.

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