Ignorance is not always an innately foul thing; to be born ignorant of the world and what it holds is an aspect of being human, and of being born into life. This allows us to be surprised - both in fear, and also, in turn, in delight.
That said, what makes ignorance foul is when one chooses to covet it, and mistakes it for a form of safety, security, or other kind of reassuring comfort - thereby paving the way to protect it and cling to it, at the expense of experiencing reality, and its very natural and most innate diversity.
Ignorance should never be a source of comfort in-and-of itself; to find comfort in not knowing what is wrong in the world, or in being unaware of its dangers, is to welcome them to fester, foster their own growth, and to ironically covet potential fatality.
To embrace ignorance on the basis of the fear that one initially feels when confronting the unknown indicative of ignorance's very most basic definition is a way of empowering that same fear notably more still; only knowledge - truth - and also coming to terms with what it is, and how we can feel about such truth, can overcome such a fearsome fear.
By challenging and seeking out, discovering and exploring new knowledge, we challenge ignorance, and challenge fear...
...conversely, by coveting ignorance, and ignoring and deliberately hiding from the realities of existence around us, we give into and feed our fears until they become deeply toxic.
This is one of the most fundamental problems we, as humanity, continue to encounter.
