[wmidwestranger]

Forgive my dusty memory but I think the relation is that most people stay in the cave, not because they enjoy the experience or they're completely ignorant of the sky, they stay because they are unprepared, incapable, or unwilling to leave.

I doubt most people believe that TikTok is valuable to them but I'm sure many find it irresistible once they are hooked.

[quarok]

My understanding of Plato's cave is that it is about the disparity between the ideas in our head and reality. For example, you know what a triangle is, but there is no such thing as a triangle in the world, only imperfect shapes with three sides that approximate a triangle.

This means that it is not "most people stay in the cave" - it is, "we all stay in the cave because it is impossible to bridge the gap between theoretical construct and lived experience, but we all know about both".

[scott_w]

It’s possible to draw multiple meanings from the same allegory

[Guthur]

I thought it was a circle rather than a triangle.

[wmidwestranger]

Take that, Pythagoras!