The Pleasures of Ignorance

"The Pleasures of Ignorance" by Robert Lynd is a set of writings that considers how not knowing everything can actually bring happiness and amazement, covering stuff from nature and learning to how people act and what they go through. The book starts off talking about ignorance by looking at how people walk in nature, pointing out that lots of folks don't really get or care about the world, even though they're right in the middle of it. Lynd mentions lots of normal people can't name easy to spot birds, but they are still happy when they see them for the first time each spring. He thinks being unaware allows people to have great times of finding new things, since the first time you bump into the world's wonders is super exciting. He's saying that it's more fun to ask questions and check things out instead of being stuck with already knowing all the answers.