Has any piece of information you've learned made your life worse?

Question

We often think of information and learning in a pure sense as an absolute good, but there are certain things which merely knowing about them can make our lives worse. Have you ever gleaned information which made your life worse due to knowing it?

BMc2020 · Accepted Answer

That I was a chump for playing by the rules?

superchroma · Answer

Just understanding the scope and breadth of the pollution issue, particularly plastics and PFAS. Even if we crack immortality via medicine, it does nothing for having microplastics in your heart tissues. You can't live in ignorant bliss forever but man that was a long ride down.
Probably after that is having my trust in professionals repeatedly broken. It's bad when you encounter people who you blindly trust to do the right thing and realize that they're not necessarily doing it. Healthcare professionals, who you unconsciously partitioned away from other jobs too. That maybe you, untrained as you are, can do it too with a little effort for a lot less money.
After that is the deep understanding that money doesn't buy quality generally, it can, but not as a rule, and that you can't pay people any amount to care about you or your things.
Maybe a lot of that is the eggshells of youth falling away leaving the cynicism of adulthood, but this knowledge and being constantly reminded of it has definitely made me less happy.

otteromkram · Answer

Yes. Texans are still allowed to procreate.

verdverm · Answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLkoPreventing the Collapse of Civilization / Jonathan BlowI cannot unsee what he opened my eyes to

eimrine · Answer

I am a citizen of the %countryname% and I have seen a lot of that kind of information in school while studiyng the history of the %countryname%. What do you expect to learn on these lessons except of bigotry, propaganda and other flag-waving bullshit?