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Why Is Knowledge as Empowerment Important to You and Me?
Because only via empowerment do you and I have genuine, positive control.
I’m always learning something new. And I revel in that.
I learn in different ways from different resources. That includes other people, books, experiences, places, and sometimes combinations of all the above. The lessons are equally as variable.
You probably know of Sir Francis Bacon’s statement, “knowledge itself is power” as “knowledge is power.” But I think that missed the mark because “power” is an obscure, often abused notion.
What’s more, you see far too many examples of people seeking “power” to control, dominate, and do selfish, terrible, unkind, and uncompassionate things.
However, the statement itself is true from a personal perspective. But not in that obscure, vague, frequently misused impression of power. Rather, it’s about empowerment.
Knowledge is empowerment.
Learning in its purest form has nothing to do with control, dominance, and knowledge to do anything at all outside of yourself. It’s about what you gain and can do with that knowledge to advance your life experience in a meaningful way for yourself.
