In the societies I grew up in, and some of those I lived in, all children in a village are loved. Unconditionally. … Those children grow up with a security western children do not know. They know they are loved, they know they belong. … They most certainly do not “belong” to their parents. If they belong at all, it is with the village (to me, there is a difference to belonging to, and belonging with).
In that world, knowing is possible, accepted, not unusual. It does not mean that someone who knows is better or smarter or more of anything. It just is.
—robert wolff, What Is “Knowing,” and Can It Be Learned?
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