The Curse of All Knowing

Why Omniscience Can’t Give Us Peace

By Tamice Spencer-Helms

We were told that knowledge would set us free.

That if we could just learn enough, understand enough, know enough, we would finally find peace.

But now we have access to all the world’s knowledge, and we are more restless, anxious, and lost than ever.

We can see everything — yet we feel powerless.

We can learn anything — yet we struggle to trust what’s real.

We can access infinite wisdom — yet we lack the clarity to act on it.

Because having all knowledge does not bring peace.

It brings exile.

The Burden of Knowing Everything

We were not meant to hold the weight of the world in our minds.

But now we do.

• We witness wars, disasters, and suffering in real time.

• We scroll through endless facts, theories, conspiracies, and contradictions.

• We consume so much information that we don’t even know what to do with it.

And the more we know, the more we realize how little control we actually have.

That’s not peace. That’s paralysis.

Because knowledge alone does not bring freedom.

It br…