Why is it important to know these things? I’d rather people be ignorant of the biology of a peanut plant than ignorant of the many important things that people are ignorant of.
I consider it important that if I am consuming a produce regularly to know what exactly I’m eating, what it is made from and where does it come from. Because the stuff I’m eating becomes a part of me. And also because I am regularly spending money for that so I will inform myself about the details of a product.
It’s not about those peanuts, that’s part of understanding one’s own life and the contexts of life in which one is involved. And I think it is a problem that many people are consumers who are very alienated from these life contexts and no longer understand how they are actually connected to the world. That’s one reason why illusions can thrive.
Why is it important to know these things? I’d rather people be ignorant of the biology of a peanut plant than ignorant of the many important things that people are ignorant of.
I consider it important that if I am consuming a produce regularly to know what exactly I’m eating, what it is made from and where does it come from. Because the stuff I’m eating becomes a part of me. And also because I am regularly spending money for that so I will inform myself about the details of a product.
It’s not about those peanuts, that’s part of understanding one’s own life and the contexts of life in which one is involved. And I think it is a problem that many people are consumers who are very alienated from these life contexts and no longer understand how they are actually connected to the world. That’s one reason why illusions can thrive.