The myth of the cave is an allegory Plato to explain their conception of reality and knowledge, and characterized it hard and builds through this medium to explain. The myth of the cave is composed of four phases, always comparing it to the reality of being human. The first two it is the doxa and the next two of the episteme.
First find some prisoners chained and forced to do throughout his life a series of shadows that are projected by some carriers that are hidden behind a high wall where prisoners can not see the shadows and reflected by a fire is more away from the carriers. This part of the cave is symbolizing the ignorance of humanity. The prisoners are all those who are guided and create happy to get carried away by their senses and perceptions. But the reality is that carriers, who view them as the media, teach us what they want. We are the information society, and due to its abundance believe we are well informed, which leads to a happy life that we consider. But we are confident that as well?
live with that report, although this is true or not. It is easier to think so, so most continue with that path, and not by the way it costs us time to work and stop being ignorant and can fend for itself (third phase of analogy of the cave, where a prisoner escapes to view reality through a long, hard way.) We are "condemned" to know what they want us to know, even if they also are, and they should give us that false information. So I think that society today should reflect on their happiness, if it is caused by what really makes them happy or what the media want you to be happy.
This video clearly shows a reality of our society:
ATIVAN: THE MYTH OF THE CAVE AND THE MEDIA - MARI CAROLINA CANDLE
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