Whether or not this short video is 100% in accordance with the original, it offers insights into perceptional psychology, the question of what is reality and what does it look like to us – and how do we receive new information.

It’s also about science, philosophy, socially acceptable knowledge – and how to punish the messenger. And it’s a comment on truth and ignorance.

We posted this educational video 2 days after it had been uploaded by TED; by then it had already been seen by 960.000 people, shared by 17.000 and reacted to by 27.000 people! People are craving for relevant knowledge helping them live their lives better – and think better.

There is a formidable educational potential in the modern media – and… you can still read about The Cave and The Republic.

When it comes to war and other violence, it seems we are still living in the cave, doesn’t it?

  kill the messenger, perception, Plato, Plato’s The Republic, The Cave