It is not that people are not informed in
their misdoings. We know so many things in this age- compared to the past but
not really with the future folk. We know about gods and God, politics and
corruption, Pluto and space and can prophesize the future more certainly.
Californians can run to safer grounds as Third World countries prepare for
disasters like Tsunami and El-Niño respectively. We have sharper instincts than
before.
I happen to have a neighbour who glorifies
Television. He watches news at every hour- never bothered by the repetitions.
His wife quacks at funny political incorrectness. They are one. In fact I know
the news hour is on when his house calms and the volume raised. I come from a
school of thought that terms media as a brain washing machine. When I see him
directing urine to the kayapa fence, it confirms my myths.
With the power thieving means in the
slums, many households access Television and Radio services. There is much
information being dissipated in different styles and topics. The lack of
knowledge as written in the Bible to mean foolishness is no longer applicable.
Small children dance to foreign styles and know more about the virtual
than the real world. Differently interesting is how children from slums are
conversant to 'styles of act' than children from rich grounds. They have open
door policy and can interact and spoil selves with anything and everyone.
What therefore do we need to fight poverty
and ignorance? Information we have and more and more folks are school leavers.
We may be having a problem- deep in nature (inside ourselves) that we have no
words to express. The information we receive may be helpful as it may be
useless. The 'experts' and 'role' models that air up their views have done
little to benefit us. Facebook and equally better forums haven't assisted much
in changing perceptions. Ignorance, in the name of politics, gossips and comedy
encroach to make fun of everything.
To know sometimes sounds a curse. It would
be better if you lived without some kind of knowing. And for a fool to know
what he shouldn't, the world will have no peace. Having no Television, Phone,
Friends and Neighbours is growing into a rare luxury which only the brave in
mind can acquire. To know what many know does not help- which is most dwelt on
in the media. This leaves us busy bodies.
To sieve information can also be a great
loss. Let the curious explore the world to satisfy their inquisitiveness. You
never know when the cards will add up to their best. There is no good or bad
information- there can only be people not ready for either. And that will do
them more harm than good.
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| A picture taken in Kibera slums. |
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