"I've always felt that taking people out of ignorance will always make them less inclined to kill." Actually, taking people out of ignorance always results in

"I've always felt that taking people out of ignorance will always make them less inclined to kill." Actually, taking people out of ignorance always results in warding off some error. The thing to be doing with the great bounty of western prosperity is reducing ignorance in ourselves and in others, not entertaining ourselves to imbecility. People figured out at least 2,500 years ago that knowledge is the antidote for ignorance and even laid out the specific conditions for its acquisition. Unfortunately, designating that the economy is full of "knowledge workers" doesn't cut it.