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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave may have been written to express ancient Greek culture, but for the most part it still holds true today. Granted, we possess a greater understanding of science and technology
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave may have been written to express ancient Greek culture, but for the most part it still holds true today. Granted, we possess a greater understanding of science and technology; in Plato's era they would have been unable to understand quantum mechanics or the inner workings of a computer. However, when you really observe the situation not too many people today understand quantum mechanics or the inner workings of a computer. Only a few people truly understand, and those people relay this information to us in simple ways that we can understand. Thus, when one takes a wider perspective, it is quite obvious that in the metaphorical sense, we are all still 'prisoners of the cave.' However, with the proliferation of the internet we can now share these concepts of the world we have with everyone else. Henceforth we need to update Plato's model to allow...
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