I'm Rory Stewart, and I want to talk about ignorance.
I will die without having read everything.
That was written in classical Latin, because ignorance isn't simply the opposite of knowledge.
It's part of what it means to be human.
Just about every game I can think of involves ignorance.
There's no adventure without ignorance.
There's no narrative.
The long history of ignorance from Confucius to QAnon.
With me, Rory Stewart.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, the radio four comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.
And today we are boarding our black ships and sailing back to 17th century Japan to learn all about life in the Edo period and to help us distinguish our koso dei from Makimono.
We have two very special guests in history corner.
She's a lecturer in both japanese and modern japanese history at SOAS University of London.
She researches and teaches the rise of modern Japan with a particular focus on imperialism, militarism and the relationship between politics and religion.
It's Doctor Satina Suzuki.
Welcome, Satina.