I didn't read the article, but ignorance is bliss.
There are a lot of things to be unhappy about in this world that no amount of individual intelligence can fix. Climate change, war, disease, poverty. Even if my life is pretty great, relatively speaking, the fact that our society sucks is the primary source of my unhappiness.
If I was less well informed, I wouldn't know about all the terrible things going on, and would probably be much happier. But because I know and care, that's just how it is.
I guess it all comes down to mindset in the end. The good old question of "is the glass half empty or half full?"
I look around at the world and see the same wretchedness that you do, but perhaps I don't see it as you do. I take solace in knowing it could all be a lot worse.
There are a lot of things to be unhappy about in this world that no amount of individual intelligence can fix. Climate change, war, disease, poverty. Even if my life is pretty great, relatively speaking, the fact that our society sucks is the primary source of my unhappiness.
If I was less well informed, I wouldn't know about all the terrible things going on, and would probably be much happier. But because I know and care, that's just how it is.