Going through YouTube I came across a Ted-Ed Talk on Plato's cave allegory. Not only did it make me feel as if I was sitting back in Dr. Neal's Classical Political Theory class sophomore year but it sheds a light (no pun intended) on the world we live in today.
But the question is: do we really want to be dragged "kicking and screaming into the light?" Is it necessary to be completely transparent in all aspects? Or do we really want to be in the cave looking at shadows and imaging what the outside is like?
Part of me likes to think "yes I want to know what's going" but the other part of me thinks no there are just some things we don't need to know or shouldn't know. We may be happier if we didn't know that this was happening. Which is why we shun the "Philosopher King."
Leaders are the ones that puts their staff in the cave, taking the hits so their staff can successfully focus on their job. It's a tireless and thankless job but somebody's got to do it. (Sort of like another job that I know of.) But there are just times when people don't need to know everything. They don't need know how something gets down, just as long as it gets done.
On the contrary, the "Philosopher King" wants to break that mold and "drag us kicking and screaming into the light." But is that really the right thing? Would be better in certain instances being in the cave?
