He was talking about the sign that said ‘THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.”All knew was that I didn’t want my daughter or anybody’s child to see a message that negative every time she comes into the library,’ he said. ‘And then I found out it was you who was responsible for it.”What’s so negative about it?’ I said.’What could be a more negative word than “futility”?’ he said.'”Ignorance,”‘ I said.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Hocus Pocus