The Human Experience: How Knowledge Is A Burden

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Knowledge can sometimes be a burden rather than a benefit. In many cases it’s a burden. For example in room, Jack thought everything was normal until Ma told him they had been kidnapped. Knowledge can be a burden because sometimes things you don’t know of are sometimes better left unknown. Knowledge isn’t a burden in all cases though.
Another example is from The Human Experience is from The Human Experience when Jeffery and Clifford went homeless. If they didn't go homeless and experience life as a homeless person then they wouldn't have the knowledge of how it feels to not have a place to live. That’s an example of beneficial knowledge. Jeffery and Clifford never would have imagined that homeless life could be so drastic until they walk in

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