The Dangers of Arrogant Ignorance by Jonah Goldberg

The Dangers of Arrogant Ignorance by Jonah Goldberg

It is a common human foible to think you know more than you do and to assume that when someone, particularly someone you don’t like, says something you don’t understand that the fault must be in the speaker, not the listener. “It’s a universal law — intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education,” observed Alexander Solzhenitsyn. “An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”

This is why I teach history. I think it's the single most important subject to creating good citizens!