Understanding Society

I just finished reading The Tragedy of Baltimore, and had come to the conclusion that no one knew what was going on there. And worse than that, no one seemed to care.

Part of the reason for this is the inadequacy of the printed word to describe social problems.

The reporters who wrote this must have developed a good understanding of what was going on, but could not pass this understanding on to the readers of their report.

This problem has existed ever since the creation of the Modern World. about 500 years ago. When the world became impossible to understand. But the people in that world did not realize this.

They had always been able to think, but now could not.

This was true for most people - there was always a minority who understood what was going on, but they always remained a minority.

The Tragedy of Baltimore