Naive, Innocence

Good or bad?

There's pros, there's cons. Really I think a balance is best.

Just because you choose to stay innocent; that is a choice; it does not make you dumb. It was a choice of your own. It just makes you oblivious to the things you chose to stay oblivious to.

Pros

• Conscious choice

• You get to stay oblivious to the things you don't want to know, see, or be surrounded by (e.g. you choose to be surrounded by certain people)

Cons

• Could potentially put you in a dangerous situation if you're too oblivious and are giving people the benefit of the doubt when really you should be being cautious.

• Miss social cues

That's why I think a balance is best. You can stay innocent for some things if you want, but shouldn't be naive to things where the implications are dangerous. For example, something like

• walking alone city at night (unfortunately the society we live in, this poses many dangers)

• being able to recognize danger in general, for example, a dangerous person

  • Or the person doesn't even have to be dangerous in a life-threatening way, necessarily, but in other ways i.e. you shouldn't spend your time around them

  • With the missing social cues, you could miss red flags about people when you realize you shouldn't be around them or should be at least aware of something that they do.