Now is the winter of our discontent

Why is it that we seek out things which we know will hurt us? When faced with the choice of whether to know, or not to know, humans will invariably choose to know, even though a few seconds after the information has been taken in, we will regret the choice. And we never learn. Like the curious cat, we just keep on going until finally there is nothing left to discover. We know everything. Afterwards, we wish we knew nothing; but at the same time we strive to know more. And so the cycle continues.........