The Curse of Knowledge

2021-11-24

At the beginning, everyone is an empty container:

As experiences grow, new contents are added to the container:

And new contents continue to increase:

When two containers meet, they contain different contents:

The two containers will try to show the same side of the content, create connections, reach consensus on certain issues, and form closer relationships:

As each continues to grow, the proportion of the same side decreases from 1/2 to 1/3, weakening their connection:

When the proportion of the same content becomes 1/4, they no longer continue to have a connection:

At this time, a third container appears:

The leftmost and middle containers, with a common proportion of 2/4 = 1/2, establish a connection:

As time continues and content continues to grow, the middle node acquires some unique and special content. This unique content is key to distinguishing one container from another, commonly known as independent thinking ability:

This special part of the content not only is special itself but also influences the existing content, making the previous content more enriched and characterized by independent thinking:

Due to the interference of special content on previous content, the proportion of the same previous content has decreased, weakening the relationship between the leftmost container and the middle container:

Even to the point of having no connection:

The leftmost container has never obtained such special content:

Until one day, the rightmost node acquires some special content, only it is triangular:

The middle container and the right container cannot reach a consensus:

The content of the middle container does not stop growing. After having special content, the newly added content also becomes colorful:

The middle container no longer has connections with the left and right nodes and finds it difficult to establish connections again:

The middle container is left alone, just like in the beginning:

The content of the middle container continues to grow:

Together with other containers, each continues to accumulate content independently:

In various forms and colors: