Commentary. Refusing to get informed and to try to understand the perspectives of the victims (all of them) is drawing us closer every day to an abyss into which we will inevitably plunge. This is why we must be grateful to the students.

written by Mario Ricciardi

May 15, 2024

Among the dangers threatening humanity, the lack of intellectual curiosity is one of the most insidious. Along with conformism, which feeds on both fear and selfishness, the tendency not to ask too many questions and to go with the flow produces a certain kind of stolidity that we’re seeing just about everywhere: in newspapers, on TV, on social media.

In the face of such a tragedy as the one unfolding in Gaza, the lack of intellectual curiosity is a particularly serious matter, because it contributes to generating a form of moral insensitivity that leads many to ignore a systematic violation of international law that is unfolding before our eyes.

Refusing to get informed and to try to understand the perspectives of the victims (all of them) is drawing us closer every day to an abyss into which we will inevitably plunge. This is why we must be........

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