Ignorance is a danger to a person, because it is depriving such person of certain benefits that can be a lifesaver. It took me time to know certain things in life, sometimes I had to pay for something I could get for free.
Take for example, increasing the volume of the TV or music player to a very high level. Neighbors are complaining, yet you are busy grooving. Staying indoors with the same noise others are complaining about, that's absurd. There are side effects to this kind of events.
I am very much conscious of things like this because I have been a victim of things like this in the past, I was careless and I bore the consequence.
There was an event I attended back in 2011, with lots of crowd. I arrived late and the protocol team gave me a seat close to the speakers, my ears were unstable for more than two weeks. I had to treat the problem. Since then, I am very careful with loud noises, music and the likes...
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