Man has developed into a much informed person now. But it is debatable whether he is well informed or ill-informed.
Man invented concepts like the nation, religion and many such things. Health science developed by him has increased his longevity. Population grew and basic needs were not met for many. This led to the French and the communist revolutions. Still, sufferings of the majority are not mitigated in many parts of the world.
Scientifically man has developed tremendously. But socially his progress is pathetic. Man developed institutions such as schools, colleges and universities, institution of family and marriage for his betterment. But Lo! He is not able to live a peaceful and harmonious life. The very social institutions he developed are now posing great hurdles for his peaceful existence. Concepts like the nation, religion and castes have made man more and more parochial. He is not able to live free of conflicts and strife.
Nation and sovereignty concepts have created territorial disputes in the world. To protect his territory man developed dangerous weapons. Huge money spent on weapons even by poorer nations deprive people of a decent standard of life.
Concepts of nation, religion and castes have made man lose his humanistic instincts. He does not hesitate to kill others belonging to other religions or nations.
All this happens because of the fact that history of mankind was not properly recorded and lot of falsehood has crept into it. As a result man does not understand the true nature of his origin, migration and civilisation. Untruths spread in the name of religion, nation, caste and languages cause deep chasms between different religious, national, caste and linguistic groups.
Man has not become a human being. The social institutions have made him lose his conscience. Only when man becomes a human being, the fanaticism caused by religion, nation, language and castes will lose its grip over him. There is no alternative to this and this alone can avert not only the overt wars that cause large scale devastation but also the cold wars that cause erratic and foolish behaviour of the man

Dear Ezhill,

Nothing other than knowledge is going to save the planet
and humans and other animals that live in it. The time has
well and truly passed to rely on prayer, or the next
improbable solution - the laissez-faire market.
The renewable technologies we get excited about; the
carbon-neutral lifestyles we aim for are the invention of
humans, and their success depends on an understanding of
them and a wish to implement them. Only education will
provide the necessary means.

cont'd ...

My apologies for the typo in misspelling your name.
It should have read - Ezhil.

Ezhil

Your ignorance/denial of your Creator and Saviour has led to this nonsensical rant. As for Foxy believing that more knowledge will solve issues, our foolish over funded education system proves that education without acknowledging God dumbs people down drastically.

[Man has developed into a much informed person now]

A man walks up to you in the street and says 'the answer is, 'to this is to that'....and walks off.....you've just been informed...of what you may well ask?
What is the question that I need to apply the answer to?
Therein lays the problem, we have a lot of answers but we are not aware of the questions they relate to...so what use is the information other than to confuse, so we walk around pretending to have all in hand because we don't want to appear as a dummy

Two rooms....both are filled with books....the same books, same information....
One has the books categorized and on shelves referenced, and in order,
the other has the books laying about helter skelter...

so, to your claim that man is a much informed person, which can be said to be true, however he lacks the discipline with which to use the information much like the state of 'the other room'....that in essence serves no purpose other than to confuse.
Remove it's presence and life becomes much simpler with greater clarity to perceive the needs of the moment.

Disclaimer:
These are my personal observations and there is no intention of displacing the greater minds and their views

On the first day of the new school year, all the
teachers in one private school received the
following note from their principal:

Dear Teacher:

I am a survivor of a concentration camp.
My eyes saw what no man should witness:

Gas chambers built by LEARNED engineers.
Children poisoned by EDUCATED physicians.
Infants killed by TRAINED nurses.
Women and babies shot and burned by
HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE graduates.

So, I am suspicious of education.

My request is: Help your students become human.
Your efforts must never produce learned monsters,
skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns.

Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only
if they serve to make our children more humane.

(Taken from Haim Ginott's book, "Teacher & Child:
A book for Parents and Teachers.").