The Omnivore's Dilemma

Did any information in the book come as a surprise to you? If so, why do you think that specific piece of knowledge was kept from you? Does the producer of this knowledge have any responsibility? What is your responsibility as a knower?

The only information in the book that came as a surprise to me was how nearly everything is made up of corn. I don't think that this specific piece of knowledge was kept from me, it was just that I didn't see it. The information is all around me, most obviously in the ingredients of what I eat. It wasn't necessary for me to know all the chemical names of things that come from corn, when other obvious names, like corn syrup, corn starch, corn meal, corn oil, etc., were there in front of me. Therefore the producer doesn't really have any responisbility, because the producer has put the information out there. It is the responsibility of the knower, that is to say, my responsibility, to be aware of the information, and acknowledge these things, theses obvious pieces of knowledge that are everywhere. It is my responsibility as a knower, not to be oblivious to the obvious, but to see pieces of knowledge in the world, and know and understand them,not just because it relates to me. It is my responisbility as a knower to actively acknowledge pieces of knowledge in the world that do not necessarily relate to me and my life.