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Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.

Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.

Kurt Vonnegut
War, Ignorance, Environmental

He was talking about the sign that said 'THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.' 'All knew was that I didn't want my daughter or anybody's child to see a message that negative every time she comes into the library,' he said. 'And then I found out it was you who was responsible for it.' 'What's so negative about it?' I said. 'What could be a more negative word than "futility"?' he said. '"Ignorance,"' I said.

Kurt Vonnegut
Daughter, Children, Ignorance
Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.92, Penguin

...we took the 10 machines we agreed were the most beguiling, and we put them on permanent exhibit in the foyer of this library underneath a sign whose words can surely be applied to this whole ruined planet nowadays: THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE

Kurt Vonnegut
Ignorance, Library, Foyers
Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.19, Penguin

The complicated futility of ignorance.

Kurt Vonnegut
Ignorance, Complicated, Futility
Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.92, Penguin

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