Is Knowledge Power?

There is an old adage which curiously equates the acquisition of knowledge with emptiness. The seeming contrariety simply relates to filling a void. If one’s glass is full there is no more room for any additional liquid. It’s a version of the glass half empty or half full equation. An emetic cleanses the system of toxins and the sum of such procedures also pertains to the mind. By purifying and removing you create a clean slate. Have you ever been in a room with a very noisy person? Individuals like this bilge out verbiage so no one can get a word in edgewise. Disturbed children display a hyperactivity that performs a similar function. On a macro level, you will note this kind of behavior in political discourse. There’s a method to the madness. Trump and his surrogates have a way of talking that takes the air out of the room. Kellyanne Conway set the gold standard in this kind of logorrhea. Interviewers are  stymied in the face of assaults which insure that no real discussion takes place and that no information is allowed into an overflowing reservoir of propaganda. From an epistemic point of view, there are incidences when it's not so great to have one's cup running over. Yes, there are the Saudis and now Syria, yes there was some sort of agreement with the Chinese, but what is the fate of democracy in the USA, where judicial orders are dismissed or totally ignored by the executive branch?

read "Pet Buddha" by Francis Levy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn

and listen to "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight

listen to James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti singing "It's a Man's World"

and listen to "I Love to Love (But My Baby Just Wants to Dance)" by Tina Charles (1975)

and listen to "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne with Belinda Carlisle

and listen to "Twenty-Five Miles From Home" by Edwin Starr